Doctor Rabbit was leaning against a tree curling his mustache and frowning a little. When he was thinking hard, he usually did frown. “I’ve been thinking about that, Friend Jack Rabbit,” he said, “and I believe I know a way to get rid of crafty Ki-yi, so he’ll never bother us again.”
“You do?” exclaimed Jack Rabbit eagerly, pricking up his long ears. “What is your plan?”
Doctor Rabbit dropped his voice to a whisper and said, “I haven’t thought it all out yet, but I will right soon, and I’ll let you know.” Then he looked through the trees toward the edge of the woods, and pointing one front foot, said:
“Look! look! Ki-yi’s sneaking along out there now!” Jack Rabbit looked quickly, and sure enough, Ki-yi Coyote was slipping along and peering into the woods.
“He doesn’t see us at all,” whispered Jack Rabbit, “and I think I’ll skip out and go while I know where he is. Now, when you decide how you’re going to run him out of the Wide Prairie and get rid of him, let me know, will you?”
“I surely will,” Doctor Rabbit said, “and I’ll have it all thought out by morning.”
Then Jack Rabbit slipped away to tell all his friends and relatives that in some way, he didn’t just yet know how, Doctor Rabbit was going to get rid of Ki-yi Coyote.