`` 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 antlers that you have had as long as I 've known you ? How can anything hard like those antlers grow ? And if those are new ones , where are the old ones ? Show me the old ones , and perhaps I 'll believe that these are new ones . The idea of trying to make me believe that antlers grow just like plants ! I 've seen Bossy the Cow all summer and I know she has got the same horns she had last summer . New antlers indeed ! '' `` You are quite right , Peter , quite right about Bossy the Cow . She never has new horns , but that is n't any reason why I should n't have new antlers , is it ? '' replied Lightfoot patiently . `` Her horns are quite different from my antlers . I have a new pair every year . You have n't seen me all summer , have you , Peter ? '' `` No , I do n't remember that I have , '' replied Peter , trying very hard to remember when he had last seen Lightfoot . `` I KNOW you have n't , '' retorted Lightfoot . `` I know it because I have been hiding in a place you never visit . '' `` What have you been hiding for ? '' demanded Peter .
`` For my new XXXXX to grow , '' replied Lightfoot .
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