Washed her face with soap."
"My! That was a funny doll, with red teeth and hair like roses," said the monkey. "I wonder if she was any relation to me?"
"And who ever heard of blue buttercups?" asked the rabbit. "Buttercups are yellow! Every one knows that."
"I know," said the parrot. "You see there really wasn't ever any such dollie--I just made up that song as I went along. But now for breakfast. Yo, ho! Ho, yo!"
Well, it was a nice breakfast they all had together in the little house the monkey had built, and when it was over the parrot started on the whistling lesson. Uncle Wiggily watched the monkey for a time, and saw the long-tailed chap turn a double back somersault when he found he couldn't whistle any other way. But even that didn't seem to do any good.
"Never mind," said the parrot, kindly; "you may learn yet. Never give up!"
"I'll not," said the monkey.
"Well, I think I will go off and see if I can find my fortune," said Uncle Wiggily. "I'll come back to dinner," and off he hopped, looking on all sides for gold or diamonds so that he could get rich and go back home to live in peace and comfort.
Well, the old gentleman rabbit hadn't gone on very far before he came to a place where there was a hole in the ground, and in front of it was a sign, which read: