He just wanted to get away , and off he started , limping as fast as he could go up the Lone Little Path . Such a looking sight ! His beautiful red coat was in tatters . His face was scratched . He hobbled as he ran . And just as he broke away , Johnny Chuck made a grab and pulled a great mouthful of hair out of the splendid tail Reddy Fox was so proud of . When the little meadow people saw that Reddy Fox was actually running away , they stopped running themselves , and all began to shout : `` Reddy Fox is a coward and a bully ! Coward ! Coward ! '' Then they crowded around Johnny Chuck and all began talking at once about his great fight . Just then they heard a great noise up on the hill . They saw Reddy Fox coming back down the Lone Little Path , and he was using his legs just as well as he knew how . Right behind him , his great mouth open and waking all the echoes with his big voice , was Bowser the Hound . You see , although Peter Rabbit could n't fight for his little baby brother and is usually very , very timid , he is n't altogether a coward . Indeed , he had been very brave , very brave indeed . He had gone up to Farmer Brown 's and had jumped right under the nose of Bowser the Hound . Now that is something that Bowser the Hound never can stand . So off he had started after Peter Rabbit . And Peter Rabbit had started back for the Green Meadows as fast as his long legs could take him , for he knew that if once Bowser the Hound caught sight of Reddy Fox , he would forget all about such a little thing as a saucy rabbit . Sure enough , half way down the Lone Little Path they met Reddy Fox sneaking off home , and , when Bowser the Hound saw him , he straightway forgot all about Peter Rabbit , and , with a great roar , started after Reddy Fox .
When Johnny Chuck had carefully brushed his coat and all the little meadow people had wished him good luck , he started off up the Lone Little XXXXX for home , the Merry Little Breezes dancing ahead and Peter Rabbit coming lipperty , lipperty , lip behind , and right between them hopped Peter Rabbit 's little brother , who thought Johnny Chuck the greatest hero in the world .
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