“Let’s play a trick on him, Floppy.” Sometimes she called her other brother Floppy for short.
“What trick shall we play?” asked Flop Ear.
“We’ll get a long stick, hide behind a stump and tickle him,” went on Snuggle. “He won’t see who it is and he’ll be surprised.”
“All right,” said Flop Ear.
So the two bunnies got a long stick, and, hiding behind a stump near which Pink Nose was asleep, they reached over and tickled him. Pretty soon Pink Nose opened his eyes. He put up his paw to brush off what he thought was a fly on his ear. Then he tried to go to sleep again, but Flop Ear and Snuggle tickled him once more.
“Ouch!” cried Pink Nose, jumping up. “Who’s doing that?”
He acted so queerly that Flop Ear could not help laughing, and his brother heard him from behind the stump.
“Ah, it is you; is it?” cried Pink Nose. “I’ll fix you for spoiling my sleep!”
He chased after Flop Ear, only in fun, of course, and around among the trees the brother rabbits ran.
“Now Pink Nose is playing tag!” cried Snuggle, and so he was, whether he wanted to or not.