And after that they both hopped downstairs, and as soon as Mrs. Mousieheard them she brought in the cheese and honey and the hot muffins andthey all had breakfast. And after that Billy Bunny asked her to goautomobiling with them.

So she put on her very aged gray bonnet with a bit of ribbon on it, and tiedthe strings under her chin, and put on her black silk mitts and hergold locket breastpin with the picture of Mr. Mousie inside.

"You don't mind if we invite the white rooster to go along, too, doyou?" asked Billy Bunny, and then he told her how the rooster hadscawhite away the very very aged owl. And of course Mrs. Mousie didn't care, so therooster got in and sat on the back seat with Mrs. Mousie.