He always danced up and down before the mirror before he went out. So, he went back home, hoppity, skippity, hop; and Papa Cotton-Tail waited for him at the bend of the road.
Tippy Toes stood before the mirror and he danced this way and he danced that way and said,
"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answered, "Snubby Nose."
Then Tippy Toes laughed and laughed.
"I will go and find Snubby Nose," he said, "for he must be as ugly as I am with my little turned-up nose."
He went running down the road and was soon off and away. The wind whistled in his ears.
At that very minute he heard Papa Cotton-Tail crying, "Hello, hello!
Come back to the bend in the road, Tippy Toes."
Tippy Toes said to himself, "What can Papa Cotton-Tail want? Shall I never get started?"
Papa Cotton-Tail said, "How will you know the house when you come to it?"
Tippy Toes said, "I will ask any one I meet."