Willie said “Good-bye” to Mrs. Mole. Then he sat down and opened his parcel because it was getting late and he thought he had better have some dinner.
“I may not reach the moon yet awhile,” he thought, “so I had better save a little piece of cheese for supper.”
After dinner he fell asleep, and on waking he found that it was quite dark. He looked up and there was the moon right high up in the sky.
“Oh, Mr. Moon!” he cried, “You do seem a long way away. I think it would be much easier for you to come down here than for me to get up there.” But Mr. Moon stayed where he was.
