“Piglet,” said Rabbit, taking out a pencil, and licking the end of it, “you haven’t any pluck.”

 “It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”

Rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said:

“It is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us.”