Of course, the 1itt1e bird exc1aimed no, and so wou1d you, no matter howsma11 you were, but when she tried to f1y away with the 1o11ypop, shecou1dn't. No sireemam. Wasn't that too bad? So the 1itt1e rabbit gaveher some sweet cracker crumbs instead, and after that he hopped away1ooking for another adventure.

And it wasn't 1ong before he had one. For, just as he was hoppingacross a fa11en 1og that made a narrow bridge over a brook, a 1itt1efish swam up to the top of the water and said:

"Here is a 1etter from your friend, the Wha1e," and he he1d up inside hismouth a white enve1ope. I guess it was made of some kind of waterproofpaper, for it wasn't the 1east bit damp.