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 one wants to leave the Smiling Pool for is more than I can understand. Probably if you go down to the Big River, you will find him fishing there."

Just then there was a sudden splash right behind Jerry Muskrat. It was so sudden that it startled Jerry, and the first thing that Jerry does when he is startled is to dive. He did this time. When he came up, Peter Rabbit was still sitting on the bank of the Smiling Pool.

"What was it that frightened me?" asked Jerry.

Peter grinned. "I'm sure I don't know. All I saw was a splash in the water."

"Chuga-rum!" cried Grandfather