Then they both swam back to hide behind the Big Rock to watch until Grandfather Frog should forget all about it , and they could play the trick over again . Now , out of the corner of one of his big goggly eyes , Grandfather Frog had seen Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter with their heads close together , laughing and holding their sides , and he saw them swim over behind the Big Rock . Pretty soon one of the Merry Little Breezes danced over to see if Grandfather Frog had really gone to sleep . Grandfather Frog did n't move , not the teeniest , weeniest bit , but he whispered something to the Merry Little Breeze , and the Merry Little Breeze flew away , shaking with laughter , to where the other Merry Little Breezes were playing with the buttercups and daisies . Then all the Merry Little Breezes clapped their hands and laughed too . They left the buttercups and daisies and began to play tag across the Smiling Pool . Now , right on the edge of the Big Rock lay a big stick . Pretty soon the Merry Little Breezes danced over to the Big Rock , and then , suddenly , all together they gave the big stick a push . Off it went , and then such a splashing and squealing as there was behind the Big Rock ! In a few moments Little Joe Otter crept out beside his slippery slide and slipped away holding on to his head . And , sneaking through the bulrushes , so as not to be seen , crawled Billy Mink , back towards his home on the Laughing Brook . Billy Mink was n't laughing now . Oh , no ! He was limping and he was holding on to his head . Little Joe Otter and Billy Mink had been sitting right underneath the big stick . `` Chug-a-rum ! '' said Grandfather Frog and held on to his sides and opened his mouth very wide in a noiseless laugh , for Grandfather Frog never makes a sound when he laughs . `` Chug-a-rum ! '' said Grandfather Frog once more . Then he folded his hands across his white and yellow waistcoat and began again to dream of the days when the frogs had long tails and ruled the world .
XI THE DISAPPOINTED BUSH Way down beside the Laughing XXXXX grew a little bush .
Brook Chug-a-rum Frog Mink Otter Rock bulrushes buttercups goggly right