Well, everything was going along beautifully when, all of a sudden,just like that, a huge water snake came swimming by.

"0h, don't let him swallow me," cried the little rabbit, and he tookhis popgun out of his knapsack and stuck the cork in the end.

"I'll shoot you on the tail if you touch me," he cried just as bravelyas he could, but he nearly slipped off the swan's back just the same,he was so frightened.