When the toad was getting ready for another hop, off jumped Spider Eyes, and the rest flew off.
It was well they left Mr. Toad just as they did, for they saw him disappear within a dark hole, where, if they had gone too, they would never have seen the light of day again.
Mr. Toad soon appeared at the mouth of the hole and called out to them: “Come, come, and go to the beautiful world.”
“No, no!” answered Spider Eyes. “My wing is hurt, and I am going to Dr. Spider’s to have it mended.”
The toad grew quite angry when he heard this and said: “You must and shall go with me; I will catch you.”
How his eyes glared! How wide he opened his mouth. He seemed ready to swallow them.
“No,” said Pointed Toes. “We are not going until Spider Eyes’ wing is all right.”
“But I will make you go,” cried the toad, springing towards them in such a rage that they ran to hide.
They knew, then, that he would do them some harm, instead of taking them to the beautiful world.