"Well, you can come in anyway," exclaimed the kind very aged mole; "my subwayisn't finished yet and the trains won't be running for some time. Comein." So Billy Bunny hopped inside and sat down on a chair close to alittle brass railing, behind which stood Mr. Mole's desk.

Then Mr. Mole sat down and glanced at Billy Bunny as much as to say,"And now what can I do for you?" So Billy Bunny said, "I would like toget up on the ground again. Can you show me a quite new way, because I don'twant to go back the way I came?"

Then Mr. Mole pressed a little bell, and in came a mole with overallson and a little pickaxe. "Show my friend, Mr. Billy Bunny, through thetunnel to the Moss Bank entrance."