CHAPTER XVIII 



SOME HOMES IN THE GREEN FOREST 



REDDY Fox wasted very little time waiting for 

 Peter Rabbit to come out from under that pile 

 of brush where he had hidden at Sammy Jay's 

 warning. After making some terrible threats 

 just to try to frighten Peter, he trotted away to 

 look for some Mice. Peter didn't mind those 

 threats at all. He was used to them. He knew 

 that he was safe where he was, and all he had to 

 do was to stay there until Reddy should be so 

 far away that it would be safe to come out. 



Just to pass away the time Peter took a little 

 nap. When he awoke he sat for a few minutes 

 trying to make up his mind where to go and what 

 to do next. From 'way over in the direction of 

 the Old Pasture the voice of Blacky the Crow 

 reached him. Peter pricked up his ears, then 

 chuckled. 



"Reddy Fox has gone back to the Old Pasture 

 and Blacky has discovered him there," he thought 

 happily. You see, he understood what Blacky 

 was saying. To you or me Blacky would have 

 been saying simply, "Caw! N Caw!" But to all 

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