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The thought that he had found out where Chatterer's new house was didn't give him the pleasure that he had thought it would. His ears still burned, for he thought that Chatterer supposed him honest when he wasn't. THE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD FOUND OUT WHERE CHATTERER'S NEW HOUSE WAS DIDN'T GIVE HIM PLEASURE THAT HE HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD HIS EARS STILL BURN FOR HE THOUGHT THAT CHATTERER SUPPOSED HIM HONEST WHEN HE WASN'T
as if he really did believe that Peter was not spying on him and was glad of it. When he had finished, he whisked out of sight again to give Peter a chance to get away. But this time Chatterer did some peeking himself. He hid where Peter couldn't see him, but where he himself could see both ways along the old stone wall, and so it was that he saw Peter crawl out from under the little bush where he had been hiding and sneak away in the direction of the Old Briar-patch. And he knew that this time Peter had gone for good. Then Chatterer laughed and laughed to think how he had fooled Peter Rabbit, and wished that he could pat himself on the back for being so smart. He didn't once think of how dishonest and mean it was of Peter to spy on him, because, you see, he would have done the same thing himself. "One has to have one's wits very sharp these days to keep a secret," chuckled Chatterer. But over in the old Briar-patch that afternoon Peter Rabbit sat very thoughtful and very much ashamed.  HAD MADE PETER'S EARS BURN SO HE HAD MEANT TO MAKE PETER'S EARS BURN HE SAID THAT VERSE JUST AS IF HE REALLY DID BELIEVE THAT PETER WAS NOT SPYING ON HIM AND WAS GLAD OF IT WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE WHISKED OUT OF SIGHT AGAIN TO GIVE PETER A CHANCE TO GET AWAY BUT THIS TIME CHATTERER DID SOME PIKING HIMSELF HE HID WHERE PETER COULDN'T SEE HIM ALONG THE OLD STONE WALL AND SO IT WAS THAT HE SAW PETER CRAWL OUT FROM UNDER THE LITTLE BUSH WHERE HE HAD BEEN HIDING AND SPEAK AWAY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OLD BRIAR PATCH AND HE KNEW THAT THIS TIME PETER HAD GONE FOR GOOD AND CHATTERER LAUGHED AND LAUGHED TO THINK HE HAD FOOL PETER RABBIT AND WISHED THAT HE COULD PAT HIMSELF THE BACK FOR BEING SO SMART HE DIDN'T ONCE THINK OF HOW DISHONEST AND MEAN IT WAS OF PETER TO SPY ON HIM BECAUSE YOU SEE HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING HIMSELF ONE HAS TO HAVE ONE'S WITS VERY SHARPLYS TO KEEP THE SECRET BUT OVER IN THE OLD BRIAR PATCH THAT AFTERNOON PETER RABBIT SAT VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND VERY MUCH ASHAMED
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