Jip could not reach them.
He sat down beside the hole to wait until they came out, but they were too wise to come out.
III
Jip waited and waited, and the rabbits waited and waited, too.
At last Jip grew tired of watching the hole and ran off home.
Then the two rabbits knew it was safe for them to go home, too.
Bunny put his nose out and looked around.
There was no one in sight.
"I am going now," he said to Bobtail. "Jip has gone away."
And then Bunny started to get out of the hole.