“That will be great!” cried Sam.
But it was not as easy as they thought it would be. In the first place Flop Ear did not like the collar on his neck. He had never worn one, and he thought it might hurt him. So when Jimmie and Sam tried to put it on the rabbit kicked and wiggled.
“Oh, stand still, Flop Ear!” cried Jimmie. “We won’t hurt you.”
But even this did no good. The more the boys tried to put the collar on Flop Ear’s neck the more the bunny wiggled.
“We never can do it,” said Sam.
“Oh, yes we can,” returned Jimmie. “I know a way. I’ll go and get a carrot. You hold it for him to eat, and while he’s nibbling at it I’ll slip the collar on his neck.”
“Well, we can try,” said Sam.
Flop Ear did not understand all that the boys said. But when he saw Sam holding out a carrot to him, the rabbit knew enough to want to eat it. And as he stretched out his neck to reach the carrot Jimmie quickly slipped on the collar and fastened it.
“There you are, Flop Ear!” he said.
And surely enough, there was the collar on the rabbit’s neck.