“I am,” was the answer. “Are you coming up to stay in my nest? But please be careful not to break the eggs if you do.”
“No, thank you, I can not come up,” said Flop Ear. “It is very kind of you to ask me, but I can not climb a tree. And, besides, I am afraid I am too large to fit in your nest without breaking the eggs.”
“Well, perhaps you are,” the bird said. “But I am sorry you are lost.”
“I’m sorry, too,” said Flop Ear.
“Perhaps I can fly around and look for your burrow,” the robin-bird said. “Shall I try?”
“If you please,” Flop Ear answered.
So the bird flew around through the woods, looking down on the ground trying to see Flop Ear’s home. But she could not, for the little rabbit had run very fast to get away from the hunter, and had traveled farther than he thought he had.
