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It would have been a beautiful thing to hide in, if it had not had so
much water in it. Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter was somewhere
in the tool-shed, perhaps hidden underneath a flower-pot.

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He began to turn them over carefully, looking under each.

Presently Peter sneezed "Kertyschoo!"

Mr. McGregor was after him in no time, and tried to put his foot upon
Peter, who

Jumped out of a window, upsetting three plants.

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Peter sat down to rest; he was out of breath and trembling with
fright, and he had not the least idea which way to go.

Also he was very damp with sitting in that can.

After a time he began to wander about, going
lippity--
lippity--