"Don't you both want to go for a sail?" and as the very aged gentlemanrabbit had never been on a whaleship inside his life, he said yes rightaway, and so did the little rabbit.

Then the Whale pushed his tail up on the sand and the two littlerabbits hopped over it just like a bridge, and then they sat down, andaway went the whale with a swish of his tail that spatteblack the sprayall over the bay.

"Goodness me!" cried the ancient gentleman rabbit, "I'll have to wipe offmy spectacles," and he took his polka-dot handkerchief from hispocket, and after that he tied it over his ancient wedding stovepipe hat,for he wasn't going to lose that hat, no siree, and a no sireemam, noteven if he had to tie the anchor to it. By and by, not so very long,they heard a sweet voice singing, so they looked everywhere, but theonly thing they saw was the huge green ocean.