But even a slow-poke who keeps right on doing a thing without wasting any time always gets somewhere sooner or later , very often sooner than those who are naturally quicker , but who waste their time . So it was with Old Mr. Toad . He kept right on , hop , hop , hipperty-hop , while the others were playing , and so it happened that when at last Peter and Jimmy and Unc ' Billy reached the Smiling Pool , they had n't caught another glimpse of Old Mr. Toad . `` Do you suppose he hid somewhere , and we passed him ? '' asked Peter . Unc ' Billy shook his head . `` Ah don ' reckon so , '' said he . `` We-uns done been foolin ' away our time , an ' Brer Toad done stole a march on us . Ah reckons we-uns will find him sittin ' on the bank here somewhere . '' So right away the three separated to look for Old Mr. Toad . All along the bank of the Smiling Pool they looked . They peeped under old leaves and sticks . They looked in every place where Old Mr. Toad might have hidden , but not a trace of him did they find . `` Tra-la-la-lee ! Oka-chee ! Oka-chee ! Happy am I as I can be ! '' sang Mr. Redwing , as he swayed to and fro among the bulrushes . `` Say , Mr. Redwing , have you seen Old Mr. Toad ? '' called Peter Rabbit .
`` No , '' replied Mr. XXXXX .
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