"I won't hurt you." "Oh, I'm not afraid for myself," returned the White Rabbit.

"It's you I'm worried about." "Yes, I'm lost," said the boy.
"I fear you are, indeed," answered the Rabbit.

"Why on earth did you eat the enchanted peach ?" The boy looked at the excited little animal thoughtfully.

"There were two reasons," he explained.

"One reason was that I like peaches, and the other reason was that I didn't know it was enchanted." "That won't save you from Ugu the Shoemaker," declared the White Rabbit, and it scurried away before the boy could ask any more questions.
"Rabbits and birds," he thought, "are timid creatures and seem afraid of this shoemaker, whoever he may be.