It kept straight on,
going faster and faster. And the first thing Mr. Crow knew, the last car
had whipped around a curve and passed out of sight.
Poor Mr. Crow felt very downcast. He would have liked to hurry home at
once, because he hated to face his friends. But he knew they would follow
him if he flew away. So he went back to meet them, wearing a bold smile.
"Did you see what happened?" he inquired. "The train was _afraid to
stop_!"
Everybody laughed when Mr. Crow said that. People knew him too well to be
deceived by him.
"I suppose your yellow coat frightened it," Jasper Jay jeered. "It's too
bad you didn't wear your checkered red one."
At that remark Jimmy Rabbit pricked up his long ears.
"Did you wear your red coat yesterday?" he asked Mr. Crow.
"Yes!" Mr. Crow replied gruffly. He did not like being questioned by a
mere youngster like Jimmy Rabbit.
"And you say the train stopped when you flew in front of it yesterday?"
Mr. Crow grunted. But Jimmy Rabbit knew that he meant "Yes!"
"That's it!" Jimmy Rabbit cried. And he jumped up and down in his
excitement.
"That's what?" asked Mr. Crow in a sulky tone.
"I'll tell you!" said Jimmy.
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