"Hum! I wonder who lives there?" said Uncle Wiggily. "Perhaps I can find my fortune in that house."
"Oh, no; never go there!" cried a voice down on the ground, and, looking toward his toes, Uncle Wiggily saw a little red ant.
"Ah, ha! Why shouldn't I go up to the big house, little red ant?" asked the rabbit.
"Because a monstrous giant lives there," was the answer, "and he could eat you up at one mouthful. So stay away."
"I guess I will," said the rabbit. "But I wonder where I can sleep to-night. I guess I'll go——"
"Oh, look out! Look out!" cried another red ant. "There is the giant coming now."
Uncle Wiggily looked, and he saw something like a big tree moving, and that was the giant. Then he felt the ground trembling as if a railroad train was rumbling past, and he heard a noise like thunder, and that was the giant walking and speaking:
"I smell rabbits! I smell rabbits!" cried the giant. "I must have them for supper!" Then he came on straight to where Uncle Wiggily was, but he hadn't yet seen him.
"Oh, what shall I do? What shall I do?" cried the bunny. "Let me hide behind that stone." He made a jump for a rock, taking his valise and crutch with him, but the first red ant said:
"It is no good hiding there, Uncle Wiggily, for the giant can see you."