But Bertie escaped, and dove down the door of his burrow. "Phew! That was close!" he gasped. "Very close!" said his father, "But why on earth did you color yourself white?" "I thought it looked much better than plain old brown!" said Robert. "Brown
is the best color," said Robert's father, "God gave us this color
because it doesn't stand out. White is not a good color because our
enemies can see it a long way off."
