The poor donkey was tied on behind again. He did not much mind at first because with six inside the motor did not go very fast up hill. But when they came to the top of the Hill, and began to go down (because the Dorkinses lived at the bottom) it was very different. Mr. Bliss was so squeezed by Mrs. Knight he could not put on the brakes. Soon they began to whizz and the donkey was dragged flying through the air. Faster and faster they ran, until they crashed plump into the Dorkinses' garden wall. They all shot out head first and flew over the wall, all except the donkey, who turned a somersault into the car. Like this: ----.

The cabbages and bananas are not in the picture, of course - the bears had hidden them all in the Wood.

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