Now Mr. Toad's mouth is very big indeed, and when he opens it to laugh he opens it very wide indeed.
"Ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Mr. Toad.
Danny Meadow Mouse cried harder than ever, and the harder he cried the harder old Mr. Toad laughed. By and by Danny Meadow Mouse stopped crying long enough to say to Mr. Toad:
"What are you laughing for, Mr. Toad?"
Mr. Toad stopped laughing long enough to reply:
"I'm laughing, Danny Meadow Mouse, because you are crying at me. What are you crying for?"
"I'm crying," said Danny Meadow Mouse, "because you are laughing at me." Then Danny began to cry again, and Mr. Toad began to laugh again.
"What's all this about?" demanded some one right behind them.
It was Jimmy Skunk.
"It's a new kind of game," said old Mr. Toad. "Danny Meadow Mouse is trying to see if he can cry longer than I can laugh."