Uncle Wiggily, the nice old gentleman rabbit, was working away out in the yard fixing his airship. He had been riding around in it a great deal of late, sailing up among the clouds, taking it out in rain storms, and once he even sailed in it across the duck pond, coming right down into the water with it.

 

And in doing all these things one of the handles of the clothes basket, which was part of the airship, had become bent¹ and twisted. And some of the toy circus balloons needed to be blown up with fresh air, and there was a hole in the Japanese umbrella, which formed the top part of the airship, to keep the sun off Uncle Wiggily.

 

“Yes, I must fix up my airship,” said the rabbit gentleman as he worked away, whistling and twinkling his nose at the same time, like a star on a frosty night.

 

And that is very hard to do—to whistle and[Pg 60] twinkle your nose at the same time. If you do not believe me just try it yourself and see.

 

“Have you any more sofa cushions I could take for my airship, Nurse Jane?” asked Uncle Wiggily, going into the house where the muskrat² lady housekeeper³ was boiling some carrots to make a lemon pie.

 

“Sofa cushions?” Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy cried. “What in the world do you want of more sofa cushions?”

 

“To make another seat in the clothes basket of my airship,” answered the rabbit gentleman. “You see, I have room for two persons in it, and perhaps even three more of my animal friends, if we squeezed up a bit, but I need more sofa cushions to make a soft place for my company to land on in case we fall.”

 

“Well, I guess we have a few cushions left,” said the muskrat lady. “But, please, don’t lose them.”

 

Uncle Wiggily said he wouldn’t and soon he had his airship all fixed⁴ up with two nicely cushioned seats in it. Then he went back in the house to get a turnip⁵ cookie, with cocoanut sprinkled on the bottom, and he asked of Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy, most politely:

 

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