shook himself, and each time he did it he got smaller and smaller until after the third time he was as small as a rabbit.
"But I am too big," said Barty.
"Shake yourself once, shake yourself twice, shake yourself three times," said the Good Wolf, "and you will see what will happen."
Once Barty shook himself, twice Barty shook himself, three times Barty shook himself, and he did see what happened. He was as small as a rabbit, and as he stood in the snow in his red coat and cap and his tiny rubber boots, he was too pretty for anything.