Winter Adventure by Margaret Wise Brown and

Winter Adventure

Once I followed rabbit tracks 

           Up to a hollow tree.

When I looked in                 

                        A rabbit looked out at me.

His ears were down,             

His eyes were bright,

And his nose twitched          

Constantly.

I put an apple there            

For his delight

Then I stepped back--          

One step,      

                       Two steps,

                                              Three--

He shot like a bullet 

                From out of that tree. 

Leaving tracks in the snow, 

                       And the apple there for me.

                                                                 --Margaret Wise Brown