`` It certainly is very handy , '' said Peter politely . `` I think we are going to have more rain , and I 'd better be getting back to the dear Old Briarpatch . Very much obliged to you , Mr. Toad . I think you are very wonderful . '' `` Not at all , '' replied Old Mr. Toad . `` I 've simply got the things I need in order to live , just as you have the things you need . I could n't get along with your kind of a tongue , but no more could you get along with mine . If you live long enough , you will learn that Old Mother Nature makes no mistakes . She gives each of us what we need , and each one has different needs . '' XIII PETER RABBIT IS IMPOLITE Peter Rabbit could n't get Old Mr. Toad off his mind . He had discovered so many interesting things about Old Mr. Toad that he was almost on the point of believing him to be the most interesting of all his neighbors . And his respect for Old Mr. Toad had become very great indeed . Of course . Who would n't respect any one with such beautiful eyes and such a sweet voice and such a wonderful tongue ? Yet at the same time Peter felt very foolish whenever he remembered that all his life he had been acquainted with Old Mr. Toad without really knowing him at all . There was one comforting thought , and that was that most of his neighbors were just as ignorant regarding Old Mr. Toad as Peter had been . `` Funny , '' mused Peter , `` how we can live right beside people all our lives and not really know them at all . I suppose that is why we should never judge people hastily . I believe I will go hunt up Old Mr. Toad and see if I can find out anything more . '' Off started Peter , lipperty-lipperty-lip .
He did n't know just where to go , now that Old Mr. Toad had left the Smiling Pool , but he had an idea that he would not be far from their meeting place XXXXX the day before , when Old Mr. Toad had explained about his wonderful tongue .
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