Lapinette and the blue team waited patiently but never once saw
the Wabbit’s team move. Having emerged from
the secret tunnel some distance away, the Wabbit and his confederates circled
around and approached from the rear. Then just before the gates they lifted their secret
weapons and marched straight through. Startled, the blue team was
confused. But suddenly the Wabbit lifted the bagpipes that Wabsworth had
somehow obtained from the military shop in Crocetta. Air filled the bag as joined by his friends, he
blew into the chanter with one enormous breath. Such a terrible din rose from the
drones and echoed round old brick walls that the Wabbit alone sounded just like an
army of four hundred. When the drone settled to an even menacing pitch that the
Wabbit thought just right, he turned to Sergeant
Khargoosh. "What tune Khargoosh?" he asked, "it's your choice." "The Barren Rocks
of Aden," said Khargoosh immediately. They blew with all their might and all their paws floated merrily across
the chanters. Their bagpipes squealed and skirled into a tune that was so infectious, the blue
team dropped their weapons and began to dance helplessly. Lapinette frowned with
her paws on her hips but she couldn’t stop herself. Without warning, she threw up her arms and then
she too danced a Highland Fling with abandon. "I think that’s our round!" shouted
the Wabbit to Wabsworth. "How long can you keep playing?" asked Wabsworth. "Days," said the Wabbit.
