“I will kick you,” said Rabbit. But when he kicked him the hindpaw stuck.
“Very well,” he said, “I will kick you with the other foot.” So he kicked him with the other foot and that stuck fast. By that time Rabbit looked like a ball, all four paws sticking to the tar baby.
Just then the Frenchman came to the well. He picked Rabbit up, tied his paws together, laid him down and scolded him. Rabbit pretended to be in great fear of a brier patch.
“If you are so afraid of a brier patch,” said the Frenchman, “I will throw you into one.”
“Oh, no, no!” said Rabbit.
“I will throw you into the brier patch,” repeated the Frenchman.
“I am much afraid of it,” answered Rabbit.
“Since you are in such dread of it, I will throw you into it,” said the Frenchman. So he picked up Rabbit and threw him far into the brier patch. Rabbit fell far away from the Frenchman.
Then he picked himself up and ran off, laughing at the trick he had played on the Frenchman.