When Johnny Chuck had first heard them , he had looked in all the tree - tops for the singers , but not one could he see . Then he had thought that they must be hidden in the bushes ; but when he went to look , he found that the sweet singers were not there . It was very mysterious . Finally he asked Peter Rabbit if he knew who the sweet singers were and where they were . Peter did n't know , but he was willing to try to find out . Peter is always willing to try to find out about things he does n't already know about . So Johnny Chuck and Peter Rabbit started out to find the sweet singers . `` I believe they are down in the old bulrushes around the Smiling Pool , '' said Peter Rabbit , as he stood listening with a hand behind one long ear . So over to the Smiling Pool they hurried . The nearer they got , the louder became the voices singing : `` Spring ! Spring ! Spring ! Spring ! Beautiful , beautiful , beautiful Spring ! '' But look as they would , they could n't see a single singer among the brown bulrushes . It was very strange , very strange indeed ! It seemed as if the voices came right out of the Smiling Pool itself ! When Peter Rabbit made a little noise , as he hopped out on the bank where he could look all over the Smiling Pool , the singing stopped . After he had sat perfectly still for a little while , it began again . There was no doubt about it this time ; those voices came right out of the water .
Johnny XXXXX stared at Peter Rabbit , and Peter stared at Johnny Chuck .
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