Paddy The Beaver

"Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Ryder Rabbit, who had quite forgotten that he was hiding.

"Oh, how do you do, Mr. Rabbit? I'm very glad you have called on me this morning," said Paddy, just as if he hadn't known all the time just where Ryder was. "Mr. Jay seems to have gotten out of the wrong side of his bed this morning."

Ryder laughed again. "He always does," said he. "If he didn't, he wouldn't be happy. You wouldn't think it to look at him, but he is happy right now.