108 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



on the ground I surely see my shadow, so I hurry 

 back and take another nap for six weeks. That is 

 about the only time I see snow, and you can see how 

 Stripes never sees any, and how impossible it is for 

 him to know what snow looks like," explained 

 Johnnie Chuck. "But it was a good joke to ask 

 Peter Rabbit, anyway," he went on. "Well, you 

 boys take care of yourselves to-night and don't let 

 Farmer Brown's big dog get you. I'll help out all 

 I can and cook you up a dark rainy night if it will 

 be any help to you," called out Johnnie Chuck, and 

 he started for home, just as the shadows of evening 

 were falling across the meadow land, the corn field, 

 and the little brook. 



