`` I 'm not running away , '' retorted Old Mr. Toad indignantly . `` I 've business to attend to at the Smiling Pool , and I 'm late as it is . '' `` Business ! '' exclaimed Jimmy as if he could hardly believe his ears . `` What business have you at the Smiling Pool ? '' `` That is my own affair , '' retorted Old Mr. Toad , `` but if you really want to know , I 'll tell you . I have a very important part in the spring chorus , and I 'm going down there to sing . I have a very beautiful voice . '' That was too much for Jimmy Skunk . He just lay down and rolled over and over with laughter . The idea of any one so homely , almost ugly-looking , as Mr. Toad thinking that he had a beautiful voice ! `` Ha , ha , ha ! Ho , ho , ho ! '' roared Jimmy . When at last he stopped because he could n't laugh any more , he discovered that Old Mr. Toad was on his way again . Hop , hop , hipperty-hop , hop , hop , hipperty-hop went Mr. Toad . Jimmy watched him , and he confessed that he was puzzled . II JIMMY SKUNK CONSULTS HIS FRIENDS Jimmy Skunk scratched his head thoughtfully as he watched Old Mr. Toad go down the Lone Little Path , hop , hop , hipperty-hop , towards the Smiling Pool . He certainly was puzzled , was Jimmy Skunk . If Old Mr. Toad had told him that he could fly , Jimmy would not have been more surprised , or found it harder to believe than that Old Mr. Toad had a beautiful voice .
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