Daddy Longlegs could hear nothing more; nor did he know what
was happening. But to make a long story short, Jimmy Rabbit gave Peter
Mink another shoe--for Peter's other foot--and bowed his customer
politely out of his shop.

After that Jimmy Rabbit promptly locked the door again. But this time he
locked himself _in_ instead of _out_. You see, he never felt safe in
Peter Mink's company.

Naturally, Jimmy locked Daddy Longlegs out of the shop, too, though he
didn't know it.

And there Peter Mink stood in the moon-lit meadow, with his new shoes on
his feet, and with Daddy Longlegs hidden in the toe of his right shoe.

But no matter if it _was_ the right shoe, Daddy Longlegs thought it was
all wrong.

X

RIDE BY MOONLIGHT

IT was not exactly a pleasant ride that Daddy Longlegs had in the toe of
Peter Mink's shoe. Not only was it dark pocket inside the shoe, but it
was so cramped that Daddy was most uncomfortable. And what was still
worse, he hadn't even the faintest idea where he was going.

Sometimes Daddy was almost sure that Peter Mink was carrying him around
Blue Mountain. And at other times he thought that Peter must be
following Swift River--to see where it went, perhaps. Anyhow, Daddy
suffered such a pitching and tossing and tumbling and jouncing as he
had never known in all his life.

Then at last, to Daddy's great relief, Peter Mink kept quite still for a
long time.

That was when Peter burrowed into a haystack to take a nap. And since it
was then many hours past Daddy Longlegs' regular bedtime, he went to
sleep too. But he awoke with a great start when Peter Mink crawled out
of his shelter about dawn. And at first Daddy couldn't imagine what was
happening. But after he had been bounced about a bit he remembered the
terrible accident that had happened to him in Jimmy Rabbit's shoe shop
in the meadow.

Suddenly Peter Mink stopped. And to Daddy Longlegs' great delight Peter
began to take off his shoes.

Yes! Peter Mink removed his shoes. And then he removed himself. That is
to say, he dropped his shoes carelessly upon the ground (for that was
his way!) and took himself off.

Daddy Longlegs waited until Peter Mink had stolen away. And then he
dashed out of the shoe much faster than he had entered it the evening
before.

Yes; the evening before! For now it was the following morning--and broad
daylight.

Daddy Longlegs stretched his eight legs, first one after another, and
then all togethe