d. "Good morning, Jackie," said the bunny uncle. "How are
you?"

"Not very well," answered Jackie, the puppy dog boy. "But I'm glad to
see you. I'm not going to take the bitter medicine even for you,
though, Uncle Wiggily."

"Ho! Ho! Ho! Just you wait until you're asked!" cried Mr. Longears
in his most jolly voice. "Now let me have a look at that bitter
medicine which is making so much trouble. Where is it?"

"In that cup on the chair," and Jackie pointed to it near his bed.

"I see," said Uncle Wiggily, looking at it. "Now, Jackie, I'm a good
friend of yours, and you wouldn't mind just holding this cup of bitter
medicine in your paw, would you, to please me?"

"Oh, I'll do that for you, Uncle Wiggily, but I'll not take it," Jackie
said.

"Never mind about that," laughed the bunny uncle. "Just hold the
medicine in your paw, so," and Jackie did as he was told. "Now, would
you mind holding it up to your lips, as if you were going to make
believe take it?" asked Uncle Wiggily. "Mind you, don't you dare take
a drop of it. Just hold the cup to your lips, but don't swallow any."

"Why do you want me to do that?" asked Jackie, as he did what Uncle
Wiggily asked.

"Because I want to draw a picture of you making believe take bitter
medicine," said the bunny, as he took out pencil and paper. "I'll show
it to any other of my little animal friends, who may not like their
medicine, and I'll say to them: 'See how brave Jackie is to take his
bitter medicine.' Of course, I won't tell them you really were afraid
to take it," and without saying any more Uncle Wiggily began to draw
the puppy dog boy's picture on the paper.

"Hold the cup a little nearer to your lips, and tip it up a bit,
Jackie," said the bunny man. "But, mind you, don't swallow a drop.
That's it, higher up! Tip it more. I want the picture to look
natural."

Jackie tipped the cup higher, holding it close to his mouth, and threw
back his head, and then Uncle Wiggily suddenly cried: "Ouch!" And
Jackie was so surprised that he opened his mouth and before he knew it
he had swallowed the bitter medicine!

[Illustration: Jackie was so surprised that he opened his mouth.]

"Oh, why I took it!" he cried. "It went down my throat! And it wasn't
so bad, after all."

"I thought it wouldn't be," spoke Uncle Wiggily, as he finished the
picture of Jackie, and now he could really say it showed the doggie boy
actually taking the medicine, for Jackie