"Good for you, Cock-Eye," shouted the rabbits all in one voice. "You certainly frightened that wolf very cleverly. We thought you were boasting all the time, when you were telling us you were not afraid of anything or anybody."
At once the bold rabbit came to life. He crept out of the hole, shook himself, squinted his eyes, and said:
"And what did you think, you cowards?"
And from that day, the bold rabbit was convinced that he was really not afraid of anyone.
THE STORY OF LITTLE CACINELLA
I
HOW and where little Cacinella was born, no one knows. It happened one sunny day in spring. Little Cacinella looked around and said, "Very nice." She stretched her tiny wings, rubbed one little thin leg against the other, looked around again and said: