But he let the little rabbits go just as soon as they told him what had happened.
“I’m getting tired of always having an accident,” said the old gentleman rabbit when they reached the Luckymobile.
“Don’t be a grumbler,” said the donkey.
“Well, then, don’t you be a kicker,” replied the old gentleman rabbit angrily, for Uncle Lucky had a temper, only he seldom used it because he was so kind and good. “If you hadn’t kicked, there would have been no accident, and as I said before, I’m getting sick and tired of accidents.”
Well, this made the donkey so ashamed he said he was sorry he had kicked the Luckymobile, and then dear Uncle Lucky told him to climb in and he would take him down to the seashore to pick up pretty shells. So off they went again, the two little rabbits on the front seat and the donkey in the back, and by and by they came to the seashore.
“Let’s all go in bathing,” said Billy Bunny, so they went up to the bathing houses and put on bathing suits.
Well, after they were all dressed, I mean undressed, they hopped into the water and swam out to the raft. And Uncle Lucky stood on Billy Bunny’s shoulders and dived into the water and then the donkey stood on Uncle Lucky’s shoulders and slipped and fell onto the raft and sprained his tail, so that they all had to hurry out and get dressed and then go for the doctor.
And in the next story you shall hear how the doctor cured the donkey with a little sugar pill.
STORY XIII—BILLY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE SUGAR PILLS
I wonder if you remember where we left off in the last story? Well, in case you don’t, I’ll tell you. Billy Bunny and Uncle Lucky were taking the donkey to the doctor, for the donkey had sprained his tail while in bathing with the two little rabbits, you know.