The next day, when Flop Ear went out by himself, as he often did, he said:
“I am going to look for a field of cabbages. If I could find some, and bring it home, how nice it would be!”
Along and along he hopped, and, all at once, he sniffed the air, and smelled something nice.
“Ha! That smells like cabbage,” he thought, for he had once tasted and smelled it. “I believe I am near a cabbage field!”
He went on a little farther, until he came to a fence. There was a hole under it, and when Flop Ear had crawled through that, he was in a big field where cabbages were growing.
“Oh, isn’t this fine!” said Flop Ear to himself. “I have found the cabbage! Just what papa and mamma were looking for! I’ll take some home!”
CHAPTER III
FLOP EAR IS LOST
Under the fence crawled Flop Ear, and, running up to where a head of cabbage was growing, the little white rabbit began nibbling the tender green leaves.