"All right!" Jimmy cried. "I'll see you again—sometime!" And away he ran, just as Grumpy Weasel came racing along the stone wall, looking as fresh as a daisy.
"You'd better stop and rest a while!" Mr. Crow croaked. "If you get too tired you'll never win."
"Rest!" Grumpy exploded. "I don't need to rest! I never felt better in my life, except that I'm pretty hungry. But I'm bound to win this race." As he spoke of feeling hungry he cast a longing glance at Jimmy Rabbit, who was just dodging out of sight behind a distant tree.
"Wait here a bit, anyhow!" Mr. Crow urged him. "Since you're sure to win—as you say—there can be no hurry." And Peter Mink too begged his cousin Grumpy
to stop just a minute. And he laughed, "Ha, ha!" whenever he looked at Mr. Crow.
And strange to say, Mr. Crow said, "Ha, ha!" too.
