Now all the jack rabbit neighbors were feeling pretty friendly by this time, because they saw that Doctor Rabbit really was a very smart doctor. They all wanted to go along with him for his protection.
But Doctor Rabbit said, “No, that will do no good. Ki-yi Coyote would see all of us sooner than two of us. Friend Jack Rabbit and I will go back alone.”
So the two of them started back toward the woods.
KI-YI COYOTE CHASES DOCTOR RABBIT
Doctor Rabbit and Jack Rabbit hurried along across the Wide Prairie until they came to the first tree. Here Doctor Rabbit said they had better stop and look around a bit. So cautious Jack Rabbit went up on a little hill and looked all around, but he said he couldn’t see a thing.
“Did you look mighty close in the direction of the Big Green Woods?” Doctor Rabbit wanted to know. (You see this was the direction in which they were going.)
“Indeed, I did look!” replied Jack Rabbit. “I looked more closely in that direction than in any other, and there wasn’t a thing in sight.”
“All right,” said Doctor Rabbit, “we’ll go for the next tree.”