for his pains, while Old Jed Thumper once more chewed on nothing in rage
and disappointment. Dear me, dear me, those certainly were dreadful days
for Peter Rabbit and little Miss Fuzzytail. You see, all the time little
Miss Fuzzytail was terribly worried for fear Peter would be caught.

[Illustration with caption: THAT NIGHT OLD MAN COYOTE STARTED FOR THE
OLD PASTURE.]




CHAPTER XIX

OLD MAN COYOTE PAYS A DEBT


Some little seeds of goodness
You'll find in every heart,
To sprout and keep on growing
When once they get a start.
Peter Rabbit.

Matters went from bad to worse with Peter Rabbit and little Miss
Fuzzytail. Peter would have made up his mind to go back to his old home
in the dear Old Briar-patch on the Green Meadows, but he felt that he
just couldn't leave little Miss Fuzzytail, and little Miss Fuzzytail
couldn't make up her mind to go with Peter, because she felt that she
just couldn't leave the Old Pasture, which always had been her home. So
Peter spent his days and nights ready to jump and run from Jed Thumper,
the gray old Rabbit who thought he owned the Old Pasture, and who had