Grandpa Grumbles had been sitting very still in a corner and Doctor Cotton-Tail had not seen him up to this minute.  He got up and shook hands with him and said, “How do you do, sir, How do you do, sir!”

Grandpa Grumbles was pleased as pleased could be.  He had not seen Doctor Cotton-Tail for two hundred and six years!  He cried out, “How do you do, sir!  How do you do, sir!”

All this time Snubby Nose sat up in his pink wrapper drinking tea out of a pink cup and eating pink wintergreen candy.  By and by Susan said, “Doctor Cotton-Tail you were going to tell us where you were going to call when you came here!”

Doctor Cotton-Tail said, “I was on my way to call on little Tippy Toes!”

“My fur and whiskers,” said Bunny, “I never had a grandchild named Tippy Toes!”

“Bless my buttons,” said Susan, “What a cute little name.”

Then Grandpa Grumbles got up waving his green cotton umbrella and shouted,

     “Though the stormy north wind blows,
     I’ll go with you to Tippy Toes.”

Then he and Doctor Cotton-Tail made a low bow and went out into the snowstorm.

Doctor Cotton-Tail called back, “Don’t forget to eat wintergreen candy.”

By this time Bunny and Susan and Snubby Nose were tired and sleepy, and they all went to bed.  Bunny began to snore and Susan began to snore, but Snubby Nose was still wide awake.

What do you suppose Snubby Nose did?  You can give three guesses and you will not guess what he did!

He got out of bed and lit a candle.  He said, “I believe I am the ugliest little Bunny with the ugliest little nose of any Bunny alive.”

He began to dance before the mirror.  He danced this way and that way before the mirror.  He danced very prettily on the tips of his toes.  Then he made a low bow and said,

     “Who is so ugly?  Nobody knows.” 
     The mirror answered, “Tippy Toes.”

Then Snubby Nose went back to bed.  He said, “To-morrow I will go and find Tippy Toes.”

CHAPTER II

Where do you suppose Tippy Toes was, and what do you suppose he was doing?  He woke up in his warm little bed at home and said, “Oh, Ma!  Oh, Pa!  I want to go and visit Bunny and Susan Cotton-Tail.”

Mother Cotton-Tail laughed and said, “You have read about Bunny Cotton-Tail burning his paw by candle-light.”

Papa Cotton-Tail said, “You have read about Susan’s cookies!”

Tippy Toes said, “Please, may I go and visit Bunny and Susan?”

Tippy Toes was a homely little Bunny.  He had a very ugly little nose, but he was polite.  He always said, “Thank you,” and, “If you please.”

Mother Cotton-Tail said, “You may go and pay a visit to Bunny and Susan.  Go and pack your traveling bag at once.”

Tippy Toes was so pleased he hugged Mother Cotton-Tail and said, “Thank you, Mother Cotton-Tail, I will go and pack my traveling bag.”