what tangles they did get into! each little rabbit had four legs, two short ones in front, and two long ones behind to help him take long jumps from one place to another. so, you see, there were twenty-eight legs there, pushing, catching in the hay, kicking, and sometimes just waving in the air when their tiny owners chanced to roll over on their backs and couldn't get right side up again. then mamma rabbit would come and poke them this way and that, never hurting any of them, but getting the nest in order.