But what else could he think ? Lightfoot slowly shook his head . `` No , '' said he , `` I have n't torn anybody 's coat . '' `` Then what are those rags hanging on your antlers ? '' demanded Peter . Lightfoot chuckled . `` They are what is left of the coverings of my new antlers , '' he explained . `` What 's that ? What do you mean by new antlers ? '' Peter was sitting up very straight , with his eyes fixed on Lightfoot 's antlers as though he never had seen them before . `` Just what I said , '' retorted Lightfoot . `` What do you think of them ? I think they are the finest antlers I 've ever had . When I get the rest of those rags off , they will be as handsome a set as ever was grown in the Green Forest . '' Lightfoot rubbed his antlers against the trunk of a tree till some of the rags hanging to them dropped off . Peter blinked very hard . He was trying to understand and he could n't . Finally he said so . `` What kind of a story are you trying to fill me up with ? '' he demanded indignantly .
`` Do you mean to tell me that those are not the XXXXX that you have had as long as I 've known you ?
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