Chatty Red Squirrel, Cheepy Chipmunk, and all the rest of Doctor
Rabbit's friends who were gathered under the big sycamore tree were
certainly very happy when Doctor Rabbit told them that Mrs. Brushtail
and all the little Brushies were leaving the Big Green Woods for good.
"As the matter stands now," Doctor Rabbit said, "we've nobody but
Brushtail to look out for. But he's surely enough! I should say he is!
And if Farmer Roe does not get him soon, I'm going to keep right on
thinking of some plan to get him out of here. We can't scare him as we
did Tom Wildcat. Brushtail is too cunning for that. He'd just laugh at
us if we painted signs and put them up on our doors, no matter _what_
was painted on the signs. I heard Brushtail tell Mrs. Brushtail that
he would not live in that thicket any more. He said he would get
himself a new den not far off and probably a little nearer to the
Murmuring Brook. So you see we could not lead Yappy to Brushtail now
if we wanted to. And I am afraid Yappy will be a good while in finding
Brushtail's new den. I may find it," Doctor Rabbit continued, "but I'd
never risk trying to lead Yappy to it, and Jack Rabbit has a sprained
foot, so he can't. But from the way he talked to me, I don't think
he'd be willing to try it even if his foot weren't sprained."