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 Rabbit ! I told you that I would see you in the spring . How did you stand the long winter ? '' That certainly was Johnny Chuck 's voice . Peter was so delighted that in his hurry he fell over his own feet . `` Is it really and truly you , Johnny Chuck ? '' he cried . `` Of course it 's me ; who did you think it was ? '' replied Johnny Chuck rather crossly , for Peter was staring at him as if he had never seen him before . `` I -- I -- I did n't know , '' confessed Peter Rabbit . `` I thought it was you and I thought it was n't you . What have you been doing to yourself , Johnny Chuck ?
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