It is bad enough to be hunted by men at one time of the year , as no one knows better than I do , but to be hunted in the spring as well as in the fall is more than twice as bad . Men are strange creatures . I do not understand them at all . None of the people of the Green Forest would think of doing such terrible things . I suppose it is quite right to hunt others in order to get enough to eat , though I am thankful to say that I never have had to do that , but to hunt others just for the fun of hunting is something I can not understand at all . And yet that is what men seem to do it for . I guess the trouble is they never have been hunted themselves and do n't know how it feels . Sometimes I think I 'll hunt one some day just to teach him a lesson . What are you laughing at , Peter ? '' `` At the idea of you hunting a man , '' replied Peter . `` Your heart is all right , Lightfoot , but you are too timid and gentle to frighten any one . Big as you are I would n't fear you . '' With a single swift bound Lightfoot sprang out in front of Peter . He stamped his sharp hoofs , lowered his handsome head until the sharp points of his antlers , which people call horns , pointed straight at Peter , lifted the hair along the back of his neck , and made a motion as if to plunge at him . His eyes , which Peter had always thought so soft and gentle , seemed to flash fire . `` Oh ! '' cried Peter in a faint , frightened-sounding voice and leaped to one side before it entered his foolish little head that Lightfoot was just pretending . Lightfoot chuckled . `` Did you say I could n't frighten any one ? '' he demanded .
`` I -- I did n't know you could look so terribly fierce , '' stammered XXXXX .
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