To see the old miner, Mr. Mole?”
And then Charlie Chickadee flew down to the ground and picked up some apple pie crumbs which the little rabbit had dropped when he bit off the next to the last piece of crust.
“I’ll give you three guesses,” said the little bunny. And in the next story you shall hear whether Charlie Chickadee guessed right the first or the third time.
THREE GUESSES
Now, let me see. Oh, yes, I remember now where we left off. It was just when Little Jack Rabbit gave Charlie Chickadee three guesses. Yes, sir, that’s where we left off. The little chickadee had only three guesses to find out why Little Jack Rabbit had gone down the Hollow Tree Stump Mine to see the old miner, Mr. Mole.
“Are you ready?” asked the little bunny.
“Yes,” answered the little chickadee, “you went to get some gold!”
“No, I didn’t,” answered the little rabbit.
“Then you went to get some silver.”
“No, I didn’t,” replied the little bunny.