Presently a thousand noses appeared, and nervously

disappeared, like the wink of an eye. Then they appeared

again, and a thousand pair of eyes followed.

Instantly, like Jack in the box, they were all on the top

of their hillocks again, chattering and wagging their

little tails as vigorously as ever. You could not say

that you

saw

them jump out of their holes. Suddenly,

as if by magic, they