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Old Mother West Wind by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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meant for jumping, he jumped way, way over the mossy green log.
Then he turned around and sat up to see Johnny Chuck jump over
the mossy green log, too.

Johnny Chuck tried to jump very high and very far, just as he had
seen Peter Rabbit jump, but Johnny Chuck's legs are very short
and not meant for jumping. Besides, Johnny Chuck was very, very
fat. So though he tried very hard indeed to jump just like Peter
Rabbit, he stubbed his toes on the top of the mossy green log and
over he tumbled, head first, and landed with a great big thump
right on Reddy Fox, who was lying fast asleep on the other side
of the mossy green log.

Peter Rabbit laughed and laughed until he had to hold his sides.

My, how frightened Johnny Chuck was when he saw what he had done!
Before he could get on his feet he had rolled right over behind a
little bush, and there he lay very, very still.

Reddy Fox awoke with a grunt when Johnny Chuck fell on him so
hard, and the first thing he saw was Peter Rabbit laughing so
that he had to hold his sides. Reddy Fox didn't stop to look
around. He thought that Peter Rabbit had jumped on him. Up jumped
Reddy Fox and away ran Peter Rabbit. Away went Reddy Fox after
Peter Rabbit. Peter dodged behind the trees, and jumped over the
bushes, and ran this way and ran that way, just as hard as ever
he could, for Peter Rabbit was very much afraid of Reddy Fox. And
Reddy Fox followed Peter Rabbit behind the trees and over the
bushes this way and that way, but he couldn't catch Peter Rabbit.
Pretty soon Peter Rabbit came to the house of Jimmy Skunk. He
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