CHAPTER XLV 



PETER SEES TWO TERRIBLE FEATHERED HUNTERS 



WHILE it is true that Peter Rabbit likes winter, 

 it is also true that life is anything but easy for him 

 at that season. In the first place he has to travel 

 about a great deal to get sufficient food, and that 

 means that he must run more risks. There isn't 

 a minute of day or night that he is outside of the 

 dear Old Briar-patch when he can afford not to 

 watch and listen for danger. You see, at this 

 season of the year, Reddy Fox often finds it 

 difficult to get a good meal. He is hungry most of 

 the time, and he is forever hunting for Peter Rabbit. 

 With snow on the ground and no leaves on the 

 bushes and young trees, it is not easy for Peter to 

 hide. So, as he travels about, the thought of Reddy 

 Fox is always in his mind. 



But there are others whom Peter fears even more, 

 and these wear feathers instead of fur coats . One of 

 these is Terror the Goshawk. Peter is not alone 

 in his fear of Terror. There is not one among his 

 feathered friends who will not shiver at the mention 

 of Terror's name. Peter will not soon forget the 

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