“Brother Bear came up and whispered softly”

Then Brother Bear came up and whispered softly:

“Ask Foxy-Lox down in his den,

And his little gentlemen!”

The Runaway Bunny was very angry to think Foxy-Lox would take his dinner pail. He wanted to go to Foxy-Lox’s house and get it back.

But Old Brother Bear said:

“I’d rather lose a pail or two

Than have him make a meal of you!”

The Runaway Bunny saw that Brother Bear was right. It would never do to go to Foxy-Lox’s house for his dinner pail. Besides, that sly fox would never give it back.