So he said:

“Let’s set the table here just to see

How fine your Thanksgiving dinner will be.”

The Runaway Bunny switched his ears to and fro. But he let the animals help him set the table with turkey, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. And every minute he grew more and more hungry himself.

“He grew more and more hungry”

Foxy-Lox said:

“Though we do not intend to be impolite,

Let’s taste to see if the dinner is right.”

The Runaway Bunny enjoyed a joke as well as anyone.