XII
WINNING BY A TRICK
Grumpy Weasel wouldn't stop long with his cousin, Peter Mink, and old Mr. Crow and all the rest.
He was in a hurry to overtake Jimmy Rabbit. And after quarreling fiercely with the whole company—except his cousin—he sprang up with a wicked glitter in his black eyes and left without another word.
"That fixed him," said Mr. Crow knowingly.
"What did?" Peter Mink demanded.
"That rest!" Mr. Crow replied. "It gave Jimmy Rabbit just time enough to
go where he's going." And that was all he would say.
Not until Grumpy Weasel returned some time later did any one know what Mr. Crow meant.
Grumpy Weasel was in a terrible temper when he came slowly back. Everybody could tell, without asking, that the race was ended.