In fact he said some things not at all nice to the Merry Little Breeze . But the Merry Little Breeze just laughed . The more he laughed the crosser Jimmy Skunk grew , and the crosser Jimmy Skunk grew the more the Merry Little Breeze laughed . It was such a jolly laugh that pretty soon Jimmy Skunk began to grin a little sheepishly , then to really smile and finally to laugh outright in spite of his empty stomach . You see it is very hard , very hard indeed and very foolish , to remain cross when someone else is perfectly good natured . Suddenly the Merry Little Breeze danced up to Jimmy Skunk and whispered in his right ear . Then he danced around and whispered in his left ear . Jimmy Skunk 's eyes snapped and his mouth began to water . `` Where , Little Breeze , where ? '' he begged . `` Follow me , '' cried the Merry Little Breeze , racing off up the Crooked Little Path so fast that Jimmy Skunk lost his breath trying to keep up , for you know Jimmy Skunk seldom hurries . When they came to the big flat stone Jimmy Skunk grasped it with both hands and pulled and pulled . Up came the stone so suddenly that Jimmy Skunk fell over flat on his back . When he had scrambled to his feet there were beetles and beetles , running in every direction to find a place to hide . `` Thank you , thank you , Little Breeze , '' shouted Jimmy Skunk as he started to catch beetles for his breakfast . And the Little Breeze laughed happily as he danced away to join the other Merry Little Breezes on the Green Meadows . There he found them very , very busy , very busy indeed , so busy that they could hardly find time to nod to him . What do you think they were doing ? They were toting gold ! Yes , Sir , toting gold !
And this is how it happened : While the first Little Breeze was showing Peter Rabbit the field of tender young carrots , and while the second Little Breeze was leading Jimmy Skunk to the flat stone and the beetles , the other Merry Little XXXXX had found Bumble the Bee .
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