The Burgess Animal Book For Children in "Four Busy Little Miners"

Scampering along on his way to school and thinking of nothing so uninteresting as watching his steps, Ryder Rabbit stubbed his toes.
Yes, sir, Ryder stubbed his toes. With a little exclamation of impatience he turned to see what he had stumbled over. It was a little ridge where the surface of the ground had been raised a trifle since Ryder had passed that way the day before.