He just was happy . It was in the air . Everybody else seemed happy , too . Peter had to stop every few minutes just to kick up his heels and try to jump over his own shadow . He had felt just that way ever since gentle Sister South Wind arrived . `` I simply have to kick and dance ! I can not help but gaily prance ! Somehow I feel it in my toes Whenever gentle South Wind blows . '' So sang Peter Rabbit as he hopped and skipped down the Lone Little Path . Suddenly he stopped right in the middle of the verse . He sat up very straight and stared down at Johnny Chuck 's house . Some one was sitting on Johnny Chuck 's door-step . It looked like Johnny Chuck . No , it looked like the shadow of Johnny Chuck . Peter rubbed his eyes and looked again . Then he hurried as fast as he could , lipperty-lipperty - lip . The nearer he got , the less like Johnny Chuck looked the one sitting on Johnny Chuck 's door-step . Johnny Chuck had gone to sleep round and fat and roly-poly , so fat he could hardly waddle . This fellow was thin , even thinner than Peter Rabbit himself . He waved a thin hand to Peter .
`` Hello , Peter XXXXX !
Chuck Peter Rabbit Sister door-step eyes fat lipperty-lipperty minutes right