but he jumped up and ran after Peter, waving a rake and calling out
"Stop thief!"

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Peter was most dreadfully frightened; he rushed all over the garden,
for he had forgotten the way back to the gate.

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He lost one shoe among the cabbages, and the other amongst the
potatoes.

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After losing them, he ran on four legs and went faster

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So that I think he might have got away altogether if he had not
unfortunately run into a gooseberry net

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And got caught by the large buttons on his jacket.

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It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new.