You see Uncle Wiggily always carried these sofa cushions in the clothes basket part of his airship, where he sat to steer it.
Pretty soon he was at the duck house.
“Will you please fix my sofa cushions for me, by stuffing them with new feathers?” he asked the duck lady.
“To be sure I will,” answered Mrs. Wibblewobble, with a polite quack. “Give them to me.”
Uncle Wiggily took the sofa cushions out of his clothes basket airship, and Mrs. Wibblewobble began filling them with some of her old feathers she did not need any more. All of a sudden, along came Lulu Wibblewobble, the duck girl.
“Oh, Uncle Wiggily!” Lulu cried, “while you are waiting, please give me a ride in your airship!”
“Oh, no, I am afraid I cannot,” he answered. “You see the sofa cushions are being stuffed by your mother.”
“Oh, well, I don’t mind that. Give me a ride without them!” cried Lulu. “We had examinations in school to-day, and now I want a little fun.”
“What examination did you have?” asked the rabbit gentleman.
“An examination in quacking and in wing flapping,” answered Lulu. “I think I passed, too. Teacher said I flapped my wings better than any other duck girl in the class.”