Peter stopped to gossip , as is his way . But Old Mr. Toad took no notice of him at all . He kept right on with his head high , and all puffed out . Peter might have been a stick or a stone for all the notice Old Mr. Toad took of him . Peter looked puzzled . Then he hurried down to tell Danny Meadow Mouse about it . `` Oh , '' said Danny , `` he 's been to dine with Buster Bear , and now he has no use for his old friends . '' Pretty soon along came Johnny Chuck , and he was very much put out because he had been treated by Old Mr. Toad just as Peter Rabbit had . Striped Chipmunk told the same story . So did Unc ' Billy Possum . It was the same with all of Old Mr. Toad 's old friends and neighbors , excepting Bobby Coon , who , you know , is Buster Bear 's little cousin . To him Old Mr. Toad was very polite and talked a great deal about Buster Bear , and thought that Bobby must be very proud to be related to Buster . At first everybody thought it a great joke to see Old Mr. Toad so puffed up with , pride , but after a little they grew tired of being snubbed by their old friend and neighbor , and began to say unpleasant things about him . Then they decided that what Old Mr. Toad needed was a lesson , so they put their heads together and planned how they would teach Old Mr. Toad how foolish it is for any one to be puffed up with pride . XXI OLD MR. TOAD RECEIVES ANOTHER INVITATION The friends and neighbors of Old Mr. Toad decided that he needed to be taught a lesson . At first , you know , every one had laughed at him , because he had grown too proud to speak to them , but after a little they grew tired of being treated so , and some of them put their heads together to think of some plan to teach Old Mr. Toad a lesson and what a very , very foolish thing false pride is . The very next day Jimmy Skunk went into the Green Forest to look for Buster Bear . You know Jimmy is n't afraid of Buster . He did n't have to look long , and when he had found him , the very first thing he did was to ask Buster if he had seen any fat beetles that morning . You know Jimmy is very fond of fat beetles , and the first thing he asks any one he may happen to meet is if they have seen any .
Buster XXXXX grinned and said he thought he knew where there might be a few , and he would be pleased to have Jimmy go with him to see .
Bear Chipmunk Chuck Danny Jimmy Mouse Skunk Toad XXI morning