CHAPTER XLIII 



QUEER FEET AND A QUEERER BILL 



PETER RABBIT had gone over to the Green Forest 

 to call on his cousin, Jumper the Hare, who lives 

 there altogether. He had no difficulty in finding 

 Jumper's tracks in the snow, and by following 

 these he at length came up with Jumper. The fact 

 is, Peter almost bumped into Jumper before he 

 saw him, for Jumper was wearing a coat as white 

 as the snow itself. Squatting under a little snow- 

 covered hemlock-tree he looked like nothing more 

 than a little mound of snow. 



"Oh!" cried Peter. "How you startled me! 

 I wish I had a white coat like yours. It must be a 

 great help in avoiding your enemies." 



"It certainly is, Cousin Peter," cried Jumper. 

 " Nine times out of ten all I have to do is to sit 

 perfectly still when there was no wind to carry 

 my scent. I have had Reddy Fox pass within a 

 few feet of me and never suspect that I was near. 

 I hope this snow will last all winter. It is only 

 when there isn't any snow that I am particularly 

 worried. Then I am not easy for a minute, be- 

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