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 spite of herself. "Now let's try to forget all about everything disagreeable!" fluttered Miss Amanda, and promptly told such a funny story that the knitted gentleman tied himself in knots he laughed so hard.

The Captain of the wooden soldiers, the pink rabbit and a few of the Teddy bears, however, slipped away from the rest of the company, because, as the Rabbit said, "The owl ought to know what's happened." He stuck his head out of the window after they had rung the bell several times and asked what was the matter. The pink rabbit explained as quickly as he could, and the next minute Judge Owl, in his high silk hat and his walking stick, hurried out. "Take me to the place," he commanded shortly. He walked slowly around the great sunken place, his eyes growing bigger and bigger, then he took a small glass out of his pocket and squinted through that.

What he saw through the glass must have been terribly upsetting, for his silk hat fell off and he dropped his cane.

"Look," he exclaimed in a shaky voice, handing the glass to the Rabbit. The Rabbit peered in it anxiously, with all the rest looking over his shoulder.