L. Frank Baum,
The Tin Woodman of Oz — Chapter 21…
(1918)
“ A rabbit may go and come as he pleases, but no one who is bigger than I am could get through my burrow.""Will you allow us to pass through it, if we are able to? " inquired Polychrome."Yes, indeed," answered the Blue Rabbit. "I'm no especial friend of Nimmie Amee, for once she threw stones at me, just because I was nibbling some lettuce, and only yesterday she yelled 'Shoo!' at me, which made me nervous. You're welcome to use my burrow in any way you choose.""But this is all nonsense!" declared Woot the Wanderer. "We are every one too big to crawl through a rabbit's burrow." ”
