Ah don ' reckon Brer Toad can sing , but Ah ` lows that perhaps he thinks he can . What do you-alls say to we-uns going down to the Smiling Pool and finding out what he really is up to ? '' `` The very thing ! '' cried Peter , kicking up his heels . You know Peter is always ready to go anywhere or do anything that will satisfy his curiosity . Jimmy Skunk thought it over for a few minutes , and then he decided that as he had n't anything in particular to do , and as he might find some fat beetles on the way , he would go too . So off they started after Old Mr. Toad , Peter Rabbit in the lead as usual , Unc ' Billy Possum next , grinning as only he can grin , and in the rear Jimmy Skunk , taking his time and keeping a sharp eye out for fat beetles . III THE HUNT FOR OLD MR. TOAD Now , though Old Mr. Toad was hurrying as fast as ever he could and was quite out of breath , he was n't getting along very fast compared with the way Peter Rabbit or Jimmy Skunk or Unc ' Billy Possum could cover the ground . You see he can not make long jumps like his cousin , Grandfather Frog , but only little short hops . So Peter and Jimmy and Unc ' Billy took their time about following him . They stopped to hunt for fat beetles for Jimmy Skunk , and at every little patch of sweet clover for Peter Rabbit to help himself . Once they wasted a lot of time while Unc ' Billy Possum hunted for a nest of Carol the Meadow Lark , on the chance that he would find some fresh eggs there . He did n't find the nest for the very good reason that Carol had n't built one yet . Peter was secretly glad . You know he does n't eat eggs , and he is always sorry for his feathered friends when their eggs are stolen . Half way across the Green Meadows they stopped to play with the Merry Little Breezes , and because it was very pleasant there , they played longer than they realized . When at last they started on again , Old Mr. Toad was out of sight . You see all the time he had kept right on going , hop , hop , hipperty-hop . `` Never mind , '' said Peter , `` we can catch up with him easy enough , he 's such a slow-poke . '' But even a slow-poke who keeps right on doing a thing without wasting any time always gets somewhere sooner or later , very often sooner than those who are naturally quicker , but who waste their time .
So it was XXXXX Old Mr. Toad .
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