By and by they came to Bunny Cotton-Tail's house. Grandpa Grumbles set
Tippy Toes down on the doorstep and shouted,
"The house is dark, as you can see,
You'll have to come and visit me."
So, they went on through the woods to Grandpa Grumble's house; for, sure enough, Bunny and Susan had gone to bed and turned out all the lights.
When they got to Grandpa Grumble's house a fire was burning merrily on the hearth, and they went up and warmed their paws. Tippy Toes danced up and down before the mirror and cried,
"Who is so ugly? Nobody knows."
The mirror answered, "Snubby Nose."
Grandpa Grumbles looked at Tippy Toes over his spectacles and said, "I have not heard you cry or scream or howl for thirty minutes."
Tippy Toes did not know what this meant, for he had never cried or screamed or howled in all his life.
He went up to Grandpa Grumbles and made a low bow and said, "Dear Grandpa Grumbles, I want to thank you for the ride in your green cotton umbrella."
Grandpa Grumbles could hardly believe his ears. He grumbled,
"You might be fooling me I suppose,
Except for your ugly little nose."