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In fact, if you had seen them all together, you would have wondered how one little boy could have found time to plague and worry so many different creatures. IN FACT IF YOU HAD SEEN THEM ALL TOGETHER YOU WOULD HAVE WONDERED HOW ONE LITTLE BOY COULD HAVE FOUND TIME TO PLAGUE AND WORRY SO MANY DIFFERENT CREATURES
too, to see them all come, sometimes one at a time, and sometimes two or three together. The rat was one of the first to arrive, and then came the hare and the rabbit arm in arm, for they knew each other well, and were very good friends. The frog was late, for he had had a good way to hop from the nearest pond, where he lived, so that his cousin, the toad, who was slower, but lived nearer, got there before him. The snake had no need to make a journey at all, for he lived under a bush just on the edge of the open space. All the little birds, too, had gone to roost in the trees and bushes close by, so as to be ready in good time; and, when the moon rose, they drew out their heads from under their wings, and were wide awake in a moment. The rook and the partridge, and other large birds, were there as well, and the squirrel sat with his tail over his head, on the branch of a small fir tree. Then there were weasels, and lizards, and hedgehogs, and slow-worms, and many other animals besides. ND I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TOO TO SEE THEM ALL COME SOMETIMES ONE AT A TIME AND SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TOGETHER THE RAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AND THEN CAME THE HARE AND THE RABBIT ARM IN ARM FOR THEY KNEW EACH OTHER WELL AND WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS THE FROG WAS LATE FOR HE HAD HAD A GOOD WAY TO HOP FROM THE NEAREST POND WHERE HE LIVED SO THAT HIS COUSIN THE TOAD WHO WAS SLOWER BUT LIVED NEARER GOT THERE BEFORE HIM THE SNAKE HAD NO NEED TO MAKE A JOURNEY AT ALL FOR HE LIVED UNDER A BUSH JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE OPEN SPACE ALL THE LITTLE BIRDS TOO HAD GONE TO ROOST IN THE TREES AND BUSHES CLOSE BY SO AS TO BE READY IN GOOD TIME AND WHEN THE MOON ROSE THEY DREW OUT THEIR HEADS FROM UNDER THEIR WINGS AND WERE WIDE AWAKE IN A MOMENT THE ROOK AND THE PARTRIDGE AND OTHER LARGE BIRDS WERE THERE AS WELL AND THE SQUIRREL SAT WITH HIS TAIL OVER HIS HEAD ON THE BRANCH OF A SMALL FIR TREE THEN THERE WERE WEASELS AND LIZARDS AND HEDGEHOGS AND SLOW WORMS AND MANY OTHER ANIMALS BESIDES
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