Now there was one place where neither Peter nor Jimmy nor Unc ' Billy had thought of looking . That was in the Smiling Pool itself . They just took it for granted that Old Mr. Toad was somewhere on the bank . Presently Peter came to a place where the bank was very low and the water was shallow for quite a little distance out in the Smiling Pool . From out of that shallow water came the piping voice of a hyla , and Peter stopped to stare , trying to see the tiny singer . Suddenly he jumped right up in the air with surprise . There was a familiar-looking head sticking out of the water . Peter had found Old Mr. Toad ! V OLD MR. TOAD 'S MUSIC BAG Never think that you have learned All there is to know . That 's the surest way of all Ignorance to show . `` I 've found Old Mr. Toad ! '' cried Peter Rabbit , hurrying after Jimmy Skunk . `` Where ? '' demanded Jimmy . `` In the water , '' declared Peter . `` He 's sitting right over there where the water is shallow , and he did n't notice me at all . Let 's get Unc ' Billy , and then creep over to the edge of the Smiling Pool and watch to see if Old Mr. Toad really does try to sing . '' So they hunted up Unc ' Billy Possum , and the three stole very softly over to the edge of the Smiling Pool , where the bank was low and the water shallow . Sure enough , there sat Old Mr. Toad with just his head out of water . And while they were watching him , something very strange happened .
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