There was Reddy Fox grinning at them . Johnny Chuck dove into the doorway of his house with Peter Rabbit at his heels , for there was nowhere else to go . Jimmy Skunk just stood still and chuckled . He knew that Reddy Fox did n't dare touch him . III THE SINGERS OF THE SMILING POOL Mistress Spring was making everybody happy on the Green Meadows and in the Green Forest and around the Smiling Pool . With her gentle fingers she wakened one by one all the little sleepers who had spent the long winter dreaming of warm summer days and not knowing anything at all of rough , blustering Brother North Wind or Jack Frost . As they wakened , many began to sing for joy . But the clearest , loudest singers of all lived in the Smiling Pool . It was a long time before Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck knew where they lived . Every night just before going to bed , Johnny Chuck would sit on his door-step just to listen , and as he listened somehow he felt better and happier ; and he always had pleasant dreams after listening to the sweet singers of the Smiling Pool . Even after he had curled himself up for the night deep down in his snug bedroom , he could hear those sweet voices , and whenever he waked up in the night he would hear them . `` Spring ! Spring ! Spring ! Spring ! Beautiful , beautiful , beautiful Spring ! So gentle , so loving , so sweet and so fair ! Oh , who can be cross when there 's love in the air ? Be happy ! Be joyful !
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