There was no doubt that Old Mr. Toad was singing just as he had said he was going to , and it was just as true that his song was one of the sweetest if not the sweetest of all the chorus from and around the Smiling Pool . It was very hard to believe , but Peter and Jimmy and Unc ' Billy both saw and heard , and that was enough . Their respect for Old Mr. Toad grew tremendously as they listened . `` How does he do it ? '' whispered Peter . `` With that bag under his chin , of course , '' replied Jimmy Skunk . `` Do n't you see it 's only when that is swelled out that he sings ? It 's a regular music bag . And I did n't know he had any such bag there at all . '' `` I wish , '' said Peter Rabbit , feeling of his throat , `` that I had a music bag like that in my throat . '' And then he joined in the laugh of Jimmy and Unc ' Billy , but still with something of a look of wistfulness in his eyes . VI PETER DISCOVERS SOMETHING MORE There are stranger things in the world to-day Than ever you dreamed could be . There 's beauty in some of the commonest things If only you 've eyes to see . Ever since Peter Rabbit was a little chap and had first ran away from home , he had known Old Mr. Toad , and never once had Peter suspected that he could sing . Also he had thought Old Mr. Toad almost ugly-looking , and he knew that most of his neighbors thought the same way . They were fond of Old Mr. Toad , for he was always good-natured and attended strictly to his own affairs ; but they liked to poke fun at him , and as for there being anything beautiful about him , such a thing never entered their heads . Now that they had discovered that he really has a very beautiful voice , they began to look on him with a great deal more respect . This was especially so with Peter . He got in the habit of going over to the Smiling Pool every day , when the way was clear , just to sit on the bank and listen to Old Mr. Toad . `` Why did n't you ever tell us before that you could sing ? ''
he asked one XXXXX , as Old Mr. Toad looked up at him from the Smiling Pool .
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