noon
`` It serves you right , Mr. Owl . Come on , Uncle Wiggily , we 'll get away from here . '' So they went on together until it was time for Johnnie to go home , and he said he 'd tell Uncle Wiggily 's friends that he had met the old gentleman rabbit , and that he had n't found his fortune yet , but that he was looking for it every minute , and had had many adventures . Well , Uncle Wiggily went on some more , for quite a distance , until it was noon time , and then he sat down in the cool , green woods , where there were some jacks-in-the-pulpit growing near some ferns , and there Uncle Wiggily ate his lunch of lettuce sandwiches , with carrot butter on them , and gnawed on a bit of potato . Just as he was almost through , he heard a rustling in the bushes , and a voice exclaimed : `` Oh , dear ! '' `` Why , what 's the matter ? '' asked Uncle Wiggily , thinking perhaps an adventure was going to happen to him .