"Now, this is where I live," exclaimed the woodchuck, and he went over tothe cupboard and took out a carrot candy gumdrop and gave it to BillyBunny, and then he lighted a big cigar and sat down in his very ancientarmchair and smoked.

And all the time they could hear the rain pattering on the grassoverhead, for it's wonderful how you can hear all sorts of sounds whenyou're under ground and have huge ears like a rabbit, you know.

"Now, I'll tell you a tale," said the aged woodchuck after he hadblown some lovely round rings of smoke into the air.