“But who is your friend?” asked Mamma Bunny, looking at Mappo.
“Oh, he is a merry monkey, who was very kind to me,” said Flop Ear. “He and I have been living in the woods and we have had good times together. His name is Mappo, and he knows Tum Tum, the jolly elephant, in the circus.”
“What’s a circus?” asked Pink Nose.
“And what’s an elephant?” Snuggle demanded.
“I’ll tell you all about it,” said Flop Ear, and he did.
All the adventures that had happened to him since he had run away did Flop Ear tell to his brother and sister. Papa and Mamma Bunny listened also, as did Lady Munch.
“But oh! how glad I am to be at home again,” said Flop Ear. “I hope no more hunters will come along.”
“We hope so, too,” said his father.
Flop Ear was taken down into the new burrow and given something to eat. He liked the new home very much. Mappo, the monkey, was too large to go down into the underground house, but he found a place in a tree where he could stay all night, and the rabbits gave him some supper.
The next morning Mappo said good-by to Flop Ear, and to the other bunnies.