0f course, the little bird exclaimed no, and so would you, no matter howsmall you were, but when she tried to fly away with the lollypop, shecouldn't. No sireemam. Wasn't that too bad? So the little rabbit gaveher some sweet cracker crumbs instead, and after that he hopped awaylooking for another adventure.

And it wasn't long before he had one. For, just as he was hoppingacross a fallen log that made a narrow bridge over a brook, a littlefish swam up to the top of the water and said:

"Here is a letter from your friend, the Whale," and he held up inside hismouth a white envelope. I guess it was made of some kind of waterproofpaper, for it wasn't the least bit damp.