Buddie laughed outright.
“The idea of being afraid of a rabbit!” said she.
“Why not?” demanded the Rabbit, in a tone of offended dignity. “Size isn’t everything.”
“But rabbits are such scary little things,” Buddie started to say, when the Rabbit interrupted her.
“I’m not afraid of anybody,” he declared with a little swagger. He emphasized the last word so significantly, and it sounded so like “any Buddie,” that Buddie hastened to say:
“I didn’t know rabbits were so brave. I thought—”
“Never mind what you thought,” said the Rabbit, curtly. “It doesn’t help matters a bit. Always speak twice before you think; then you won’t make mistakes. Nearly all mistakes are caused by hasty thinking. Didn’t you ever hear the expression, Bold as a rabbit?”
Buddie shook her head.
“I’ve heard about, Bold as a lion,” she replied.
The Rabbit sniffed.