"O sir," said Bob, the errand boy, to his master, "there is a great big rat in the cellar. I have never seen such a big one before, and I am almost afraid of it."
"I will come and see," said the master. And off he went with Bob to the cellar.
Bob opened the door very gently and peeped in.
"It is still there," said he.
"Let me look," exclaimed the master, and he too peeped in at the door.
"Why," he said, "that is not a rat; it is a wild rabbit."
Bob's eyes nearly dropped out with surprise. And no wonder, for here was poor Brer Rabbit sitting in the corner, too weak and ill to run away.
"Now," he thought, "I must surely die, for I am caught at last."