"I've found something," said Peter Rabbit.

"What is it?" asked Johnny Chuck.

"I'll show you," said Peter Rabbit, "but you must be very, very
still, and not make the least little bit of noise."

Johnny Chuck promised to be very, very still for he wanted very
much to see what Peter Rabbit had found. Peter Rabbit tip-toed
down the Lone Little Path through the wood, his funny long ears
pointing right up to the sky. And behind him tip-toed Johnny
Chuck, wondering and wondering what it could be that Peter Rabbit
had found.

Pretty soon they came to a nice mossy green log right across the
Lone Little Path. Peter Rabbit stopped and sat up very straight.
He looked this way and looked that way. Johnny Chuck stopped too
and he sat up very straight and looked this way and looked that
way, but all he could see was the mossy green log across the Lone
Little Path.

"What is it, Peter Rabbit?" whispered Johnny Chuck.

"You can't see it yet," whispered Peter Rabbit, "for first we
have to jump over that mossy green log. Now I'll jump first, and
then you jump just the way I do, and then you'll see what it is
I've found," said Peter Rabbit.

So Peter Rabbit jumped first, and because his legs are long and