THE BUNNY UNCLE AND GOAT BOUGHT SCOOTERS AND RODE HOME.
About a week after this, when Uncle Wiggily was ready for some more adventures, the ragged old Bob Cat, with his silly little tail, danced up to the woodland cave of the Bushy Bear. “I know how we can catch Uncle Wiggily!” snarled the Bob Cat. “How?” growled the Bear. “We can hide in a cave and make funny noises,” mewed the Bob Cat. “Uncle Wiggily will hop in to see what the noises are, and we can catch him and nibble his ears!” The Bear laughed and said it was a good trick. Now while the Bob Cat and the Bear were hiding themselves in the cave, Floppy Twistytail, and Billie Wagtail, dressed themselves up like pirates, with pistols and swords. Then they made a sailing raft and invited Uncle Wiggily for a ride. “I’ll be a pirate, too!” laughed the bunny. With his sword and pistol he boarded the raft. “Yo ho! Sail to the pirate cave!” cried Uncle Wiggily. After sailing a while, the pirates went ashore to eat.
AFTER A WHILE THE PIRATES WENT ASHORE TO EAT.
“When are we going to look for that pirate cave you told us about, Uncle Wiggily?” grunted Curly. “Oh, pretty soon now,” answered the bunny gentleman. “I’ll warm this lollypop soup for you, and then we can go adventuring.” After eating their lunch, the piggie boy and the goat chap set off with Uncle Wiggily to go through the woods. They wore their swords and pistols just like pirates. All of a sudden, Uncle Wiggily saw a hole under the side of a hill. “Ho for the pirate cave!” shouted the rabbit. “Halt!” grunted Floppy, drawing his sword. “Who is first going into that cave?” Billie bleated: “You go in, Floppy, as you are very brave!” This pleased the piggie boy, and into the cave he went. But soon he came rushing out again, dropping his pistol. “What’s the matter?” cried Uncle Wiggily. “Oh, there’s a big, black pirate in the cave! He threw a rock at me!” squealed Floppy. “You go in now, Billie!” said Uncle Wiggily.