He sometimes robs good folk, I’ve heard.”

Old Father Bun said:

“Alackaday! What shall I say?

Will the Runaway Bunny come back some day?”

While all this was going on, the Runaway Bunny continued to eat as much cabbage as he wanted.

The little Wrist Watch said to him:

“To tell the time is a useful habit;

Let’s see you do it, you cunning Rabbit!”

The Runaway Bunny had really learned to tell the time. But he wanted to tease, so he said:

“It is bedtime, bedtime,