Over and over they rolled , Johnny Chuck on top , then Reddy Fox on top , then Johnny Chuck up again , clawing and snarling . It seemed as if news of the fight had gone over all the Green Meadows , for the little meadow people came running from every direction -- Billy Mink , Little Joe Otter , Jerry Muskrat , Striped Chipmunk , Jimmy Skunk , old Mr. Toad . Even Great-Grandfather Frog , who left his big lily pad , and came hurrying with great jumps across the Green Meadows . They formed a ring around Reddy Fox and Johnny Chuck and danced with excitement . And all wanted Johnny Chuck to win . Peter Rabbit 's poor little brother , so sore and lame from the knocking about from Reddy Fox , and so frightened that he hardly dared breathe , lay flat on the ground under a little bush and was forgotten by all but the Merry Little Breezes , who covered him up with some dead grass , and kissed him and whispered to him not to be afraid now . How Peter Rabbit 's little brother did hope that Johnny Chuck would win ! His great , big , round , soft eyes were wide with terror as he thought of what might happen to him if Reddy Fox should whip Johnny Chuck . But Reddy Fox was n't whipping Johnny Chuck . Try as he would , he could not get a good hold on that round , fat , little body . And Johnny Chuck 's stout claws were ripping his red coat and white vest and Johnny Chuck 's sharp teeth were gripping him so that they could not be shaken loose . Pretty soon Reddy Fox began to think of nothing but getting away . Every one was shouting for Johnny Chuck . Every time Reddy Fox was underneath , he would hear a great shout from all the little meadow people , and he knew that they were glad . Now Johnny Chuck was round and fat and rolly-poly , and when one is round and fat and rolly-poly , one 's breath is apt to be short . So it was with Johnny Chuck . He had fought so hard that his breath was nearly gone . Finally he loosed his hold on Reddy Fox for just a second to draw in a good breath . Reddy Fox saw his chance , and , with a quick pull and spring , he broke away . How all the little meadow people did scatter !
You see they were very brave , very brave indeed , so long as Johnny Chuck had Reddy Fox down , but now that Reddy XXXXX was free , each one was suddenly afraid and thought only of himself .
Chipmunk Chuck Fox Mink Muskrat Otter Skunk Toad left second