Jimmy Skunk, whom you all know, is so independent and never hurries."

"Thank you! Thank you, Grandfather Frog!" cried the Merry Little
Breezes. "When you want some more foolish green flies, just let us
know, and we'll get them for you."

"Chug-a-rum! What are you looking so wistful for, Peter Rabbit?"
demanded Grandfather Frog.

"I--I was just wishing that I had a--" began Peter. Then suddenly he
made a face. "No, I don't either!" he declared. "I guess I'd better be
getting home to the dear Old Briar-patch now. Mrs. Peter probably
thinks something has happened to me." And away he went,
lipperty-lipperty-lip.




VI

WHY SAMMY JAY HAS A FINE COAT


Sammy Jay has a very fine coat, a very beautiful coat. Everybody knows
that. In fact, Sammy's coat has long been the envy of a great many of
his neighbors in the Green Forest. Some of them, you know, have very
modest coats. They are not beautiful at all. And yet the owners of
some of these plain coats are among the most honest and hard-working
of all the little people who live in the Green Forest. They find it
hard, very hard indeed, to understand why such a scamp and