So, not even stopping to put on a muffler, he raised the window very quietly and hopped out.
Mouser was intent on trying to open the door by clawing and pushing, and didn't notice the window at all.
Then you should have seen Grasshopper Green's tremendous leaps! You may be sure he went faster than any Grasshopper had ever hopped before. Warmed by his excitement and exertions, he didn't feel the cold a bit.
He soon reached the rabbit-hole. Alas! The Fairy was not there. As Grasshopper Green turned to go, he spied a small chest standing near the door. At the sight of this a brilliant idea immediately popped into his head!
Now listen! In that chest were some tiny black pellets, about the size of mustard seeds.[3]
[3] Thistle-Whistle and Grasshopper Green had become great friends that winter and the Fairy had told Grasshopper Green about these Magic Pellets; you swallowed one of them and then wished yourself any size you wished to be—as small as a Flea or as big as an Elephant, or any size in between.
Snatching up two or three of the magic seeds, he jumped out of the hole and hopped back to the hollow apple tree even faster than he had come. He got in by way of the little window and immediately swallowed one of the pellets, then wished himself as large as a bull-dog!
It was fortunate for him that he didn't choose any larger size than that, for as it was, his head just bumped the ceiling.
Not more than two seconds after Grasshopper Green had changed his size, Mouser managed to burst open the door!
