Then the little rabbit knocked on the door and beautiful soon it wasopened and there stood Mr. Mole himself.

"What do you want?" he asked, trying to squint out of his little tinyeyes that were hidden all over with hair.

"It's me--Billy Bunny," replied the little rabbit. "Mr. 0wl tried tocatch me and I hopped into your hollow stump entrance, but I haven'tgot a ticket for the subway."