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Up and down the length of the stone wall he scampered, looking for a place to make a home, but nothing suited him. You know he likes best to make his home in a tree. He isn't like Striped Chipmunk, who lives in the ground. UP AND DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE STOVE WALL HE SCAMPERED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MAKE A HOME BUT NOTHING SUITED HIM YOU KNOW HE LIKES BEST TO MAKE HIS HOME IN A TREE HE ISN'T LIKE STRIPED CHIPMUNK WHO LIVES ON THE GROUND
p," said he, as Chatterer came up all out of breath. "I've thumped and thumped and thumped, but it isn't the least bit of use. They are asleep, and they'll stay asleep until Mistress Spring arrives. I can't understand it at all. No, Sir, I can't understand how anybody can be willing to miss this splendid cold weather." Peter shook his head in a puzzled way and continued to stare down the long empty hall. Of course he was talking about Johnny and Polly Chuck, who had gone to sleep for the winter. That sleeping business always puzzles Peter. It seems to him like a terrible waste of time. But Chatterer had too much on his mind to waste time wondering how other people could sleep all winter. He couldn't himself, and now that he had been driven away from his own home in the Green Forest by fear of Shadow the Weasel, he couldn't waste a minute. He must find a new home and then spend every minute of daytime laying up a new store of food for the days when everything would be covered with snow. D TO THAT HE NEVER WOULD GET THERE BUT OF COURSE HE DID WHEN HE DID GET THERE HE FOUND PETER RABBIT SITTING ON JOHNNY CHUCK'S DOORSTEP STARING DOWN JOHNNY CHUCK'S LONG HAW THERE'S SLEEP A FRONT AND A FRONT AND A FRONT THERE ISN'T THE LEAST BIT OF USE THEY'RE ASLEEP AND THEY'S DAY ASLEEP UNTIL MISTER SPERNEL WAS I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT ALL NO PETER SHOOK HIS HEAD IN A PUZZLED WAY AND CONTINUED TO STARE DOWN THE LONG EMPTY HALL OF COURSE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JOHNNY AND POLLY CHUCK WHO HAD GONE TO SLEEP FOR THE WINTER THAT SLEEPING BUSINESS ALWAYS PUZZLES PETER IT SEEMS TO HIM LIKE A TERRIBLE WASTE OF TIME BUT CHATTERER HAD TOO MUCH ON HIS MIND TO WASTE TIME WONDERING HOW OTHER PEOPLE COULD SLEEP ALL WINTER HE COULDN'T HIMSELF AND NOW THAT HE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AWAY FROM HIS OWN HOME IN THE GREEN FOREST BY FEAR OF SHADOW THE WEASEL HE COULDN'T WASTE A MINUTE HE MUST FIND A NEW HOME AND THEN SPEND EVERY MINUTE LAYING UP A NEW STORE OF FOOD FOR THE DAYS WHEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE COVERED WITH SNOW
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