`` There are a lot of things in this world that you will never understand , Peter Rabbit . You will just have to believe them without understanding them and be content to know that they are so , '' she said , and hurried over to the Green Forest to tell Unc ' Billy Possum that his old friend , Ol' Mistah Buzzard , was on his way up from ol' Virginny . II JOHNNY CHUCK RECEIVES CALLERS The morning after gentle Sister South Wind arrived on the Green Meadows , Peter Rabbit came hopping and skipping down the Lone Little Path from the Green Forest . Peter was happy . He did n't know why . 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 .
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