“I don’t think this is a nice way to treat me,” thought Flop Ear. “I want that carrot, but I can’t get it. Still, I suppose it is a trick and I must do it.”
“Shall I give him the carrot now?” asked Sam, when Flop Ear had pulled the wagon all the way across the yard.
“Yes, give it to him,” said Jimmie.
So Flop Ear got the carrot after all, and it tasted very good to him.
“Well, maybe this trick isn’t so bad after all,” the bunny thought.
When he had eaten one carrot Sam held out another for Flop Ear, and once more the rabbit dragged the wagon across the yard.
“He’s learning the trick all right,” said Jimmie.
In a few days Flop Ear got so he could draw the little wagon very easily. And Sam did not have to keep moving away from in front of him with a carrot all the while, either. Jimmie would put a carrot on one side of the yard, and set Flop Ear and the little wagon at the other side.
“Now go to get your carrot, Floppy!” the boy would say. Then away Flop Ear would hop to get the nice yellow vegetable, and, at the same time, he would be drawing the wagon.
“Now he can do three tricks,” said Jimmie.