"Where are we going?" asked Billie, sort of hopeful-like and expectant.
"I'm going to the top store to buy a spinning top," answered bunny
uncle. "If you think I ought to have one, why I'll get it."
"Oh, all right," said Billie, sort of funny-like. "Do you know how to
spin a top, Uncle Wiggily?"
"Well, I used to when I was a young rabbit, and I guess I can remember
a little about it. Come along and help me pick out a nice one."
So the bunny uncle and the squirrel boy went on and on through the
woods to the top store kept by Mrs. Spin Spider, who had a little toy
shop in which she worked when she was not spinning silk for the animal
ladies' dresses.
"One of your best tops for myself, if you please," said Uncle Wiggily,
as he and Billie went into the toy store. Mrs. Spin Spider put a
number of tops on the counter.
"That's the kind you want!" cried Billie, as he saw a big red one, and
pointed his paw at it.
"Try it and see how it spins," said the bunny man.
Billie wound the string on the top, and then, giving it a throw, while
he kept hold of one end of the cord, he made the top spin as fast as
anything on the floor of the store. Around and around whizzed the red
top, like the electric fan on Uncle Wiggily's airship.
"Is that a good top for me, Billie?" asked Mr. Longears.
"A very good top," said the squirrel boy.
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