Bushy-Tail jumped into the umbrella. He was pleased you may be sure. They rode away, and away, and away, over houses, over tree-tops, and over a big blue lake. Then they began to sail slowly down, down, down.
Bushy-Tail said, "Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, don't land us in the lake! Oh,
Grandpa Grumbles, look out what you are doing!"
Grandpa Grumbles then said loudly,
"Speak into my better ear,
I am so deaf I cannot hear."
Bushy-Tail cried out as loud as he could, "Oh, Grandpa Grumbles, we are going down into the lake! Look out, look out! We shall be drowned!"
Grandpa Grumbles shouted,
"Speak a little louder, please,
Shall we sail above the trees?"
Bushy-Tail got so excited he did not know what he was doing. He got right out of the umbrella and went splash, dash, into the lake.
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Grandpa Grumbles, as he sailed homeward, said,