Bushy-Tail climbed down from the roof. He looked in at the window and said, "Please let me in, please let me in."
Snubby Nose and Tippy Toes sat as still as they could in their little chairs by the fire and never winked an eyelash.
Bushy-Tail said, "Let me in or I will come down the chimney, fire or no fire."
Then Snubby Nose coughed and Tippy Toes sneezed.
Bushy-Tail climbed the roof once more. Out came the smoke in great puffs. He gave it up and then went away down the path growling every step of the way.
All this time Bunny and Susan were coming nearer every minute. They said, "What if we should meet Bushy-Tail?"
In less time than it takes to tell it, Bushy-Tail came down the bend of the road scolding and waving his beautiful tail to and fro.
He howled, "Bring out Snubby Nose, bring out Tippy Toes or I will eat you up."
I do not know what in the world would have happened if Grandpa Grumbles had not come sailing along just then. He came sailing down in his green cotton umbrella and said, looking hard at Bushy-Tail,
"Jump inside and have a ride,
There's room for you and me beside."