I guess Johnny Chuck wo n't mind if you know , Peter Rabbit , but you must n't tell any one else . '' Peter Rabbit promised he would n't . Now Peter Rabbit is very inquisitive , very inquisitive indeed . So as soon as he had parted from Jimmy Skunk he made up his mind that he must see the new home of Johnny Chuck . So off he started as fast as he could go towards the old apple tree in a corner of the Green Meadows . Half way there he met Reddy Fox . `` Hello , Peter Rabbit ! Where are you going in such a hurry ? '' asked Reddy Fox . `` Over to the old apple tree to see Johnny Chuck 's new home , '' replied Peter Rabbit as he tried to dodge past Reddy Fox . Then of a sudden he remembered and clapped both hands over his mouth . `` Oh , but it 's a secret , Reddy Fox . It 's a secret , and you must n't tell ! '' cried Peter Rabbit . But Reddy Fox would n't promise that he would n't tell , for in spite of his handsome coat and fine manners , Reddy Fox is a scamp . And , besides , he has no love for Johnny Chuck , for he has not forgotten how Johnny Chuck once made him run and called him a '' ` fraid cat . '' So when Reddy Fox left Peter Rabbit he grinned a wicked grin and hurried off to find Bobby Coon . He met him on his way to the Laughing Brook . Reddy Fox told Bobby Coon all about Johnny Chuck 's secret and then hurried away after Peter Rabbit , for Reddy Fox also is very inquisitive . Bobby Coon went on down to the Laughing Brook .
There he met Billy Mink and told him about the new home Johnny Chuck had made under the old apple tree in a corner of the XXXXX Meadows .
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