“Now be friendly,” coaxed Danny Fox, coming closer. “I’ve come all the way from my den on the hillside to talk to you this beautiful morning.”
“All right,” answered the little rabbit; “but stay where you are or I’ll go inside and close the door.”
“That’s not a nice way to speak when I’ve come to ask you to take dinner with us,” replied Danny Fox. “My little boys, Slyboots and Bushytail, want you to come, and Mrs. Fox has made a lovely carrot stew.”
Then Danny Fox sat down and, folding his front paws across his fur waistcoat, looked so kindly at the little bunny that I’m sorry to say he answered, “I’ll come!” before he really thought it over. If he had only gone inside the house to ask his mother. But he didn’t. He never even thought of it, but put on his cap and followed that wicked old robber into the Shady Forest just as though he was his best friend.
Now everybody don’t get scared
’Cause little Jackie Rabbit dared
Go out to dine with Danny Fox
Inside his den amid the rocks.
Just wait to see what happens when
They get outside the Shady Glen.