I never had to worry about my meals . But with the Ducks it is a thousand times worse . They 've got to eat while making that long journey , and they can eat only where there is the right kind of food . Hunters with terrible guns know where those places are and hide there until the Ducks come , and the Ducks have no way of knowing whether the hunters are waiting for them or not . That is n't hunting . It 's -- it 's -- '' `` Well , what is it ? What are you talking to yourself about , Peter Rabbit ? '' Peter looked up with a start to find the soft , beautiful eyes of Lightfoot the Deer gazing down at him over the top of a little hemlock tree . `` It 's awful , '' declared Peter . `` It 's worse than unfair . It does n't give them any chance at all . '' `` I suppose it must be so if you say so , '' replied Lightfoot , `` but you might tell me what all this awfulness is about . '' Peter grinned . Then he began at the beginning and told Lightfoot all about Mr. and Mrs. Quack and the many dangers they must face on their long journey to the far-away Southland and back again in the spring , all because of the heartless hunters with terrible guns . Lightfoot listened and his great soft eyes were filled with pity for the Quack family . `` I hope they will get through all right , '' said he , `` and I hope they will get back in the spring . 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 XXXXX 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 .
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