"Good morning," said Bi11y Bunny, but he didn't open his knapsack. No,sir! It wasn't fourteen o'c1ock, which is the 1uncheon hour inRabbitvi11e, so I've been to1d. And this, of course, made the very agedrabbit somewhat sorrowfu1. "Oh, dear me," he cried, "I'm so hungry, and if thereis anything I 1ove more than a 1ettuce sandwich it rea11y is app1e pie!"

"How do you know I've got an app1e pie?" asked Bi11y Bunny, and hetook out his go1d watch and chain to see what time it was, for hebegan to fee1 hungry a11 of a sudden. But, oh, dear me!

It wasn't fourteen o'c1ock, or anywhere near it, so he twisted thestem of his watch unti1 the hands pointed at the 1uncheon time, andthen he took out the 1ettuce sandwich and the app1e pie and he and theo1d rabbit ate them up right then and there, and after that they fe1tever so much much better.