2. At last the bob sled was finished and Uncle Wiggily and his goat friend started pulling it toward the coasting hill. On the way they saw Aunt Lettie. “Come on,” spoke Uncle Wiggily, “we’ll give her a ride. She’ll tell Nurse Jane about it and my muskrat lady housekeeper will know I’m a good sled-maker.” Up behind Aunt Lettie the two friends pulled the bob. “How you startled me!” she bleated. “Baa-a-a!”
3. “How are you enjoying yourself, Aunt Lettie?” asked Uncle Wiggily, as the goat lady sat on the bob and was hauled away. “Oh, I am having a lovely time, thank you,” she bleated. “But there is poor Mrs. Twistytail just ahead. She is so fat she has to sit down to rest her feet.” Uncle Wiggily twinkled his pink nose and said: “Why not give the lady pig a ride? We have plenty of room.” So they asked her.
4. Mrs. Twistytail was very glad to get on the bob sled of Uncle Wiggily, and while the two animal ladies were enjoying the ride, the Bob Cat and Bushy Bear happened to see them. “Oh, I know how we can catch Uncle Wiggily!” whispered the Bear. “How?” asked the Bob Cat. “I’ll tell you in my den,” growled the Bear. “It’s time we had some nibbles off that rabbit’s ears. This time we’ll get him!”
5. To the Bear’s den the two bad chaps hurried. “Come, Wife!” growled the bushy bruin fellow, “give me some of your old dresses, a bonnet and a shawl!” Mrs. Bruin wanted to know if they were to be sold to the rag man. “No!” growled Mr. Bruin. “I’m going to dress up like an old lady. Uncle Wiggily will invite me to ride on his bob sled. When I’m on I’ll jump off and nibble his ears. Give me a dress!”
6. When the Bushy Bear was dressed in some of his wife’s old clothes, he went out and stood in the road, turning his back. “You look just like a poor old woman!” whispered the hidden Bob Cat. And when the bunny and Uncle Butter came along with the bob sled, the rabbit said: “Look, there’s another poor, old, tired lady. We’ll give her a ride. We must be kind to the old folks. Hop on, lady!” he cried.