Peter as she sat beside him.
Everybody said that she was "too sweet for anything", and when Reddy Fox
overheard that remark he grinned and said:
"Not for me! She can't be too sweet for me, and I hope I'll have a
chance to find out just how sweet she is."
What do you suppose he meant?
CHAPTER XXIV
DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT
Good advice Is always needed
But, alas! is seldom heeded,
Peter Rabbit.
Danny Meadow Mouse waited until all the rest of Peter Rabbit's friends
had left the Old Briar-patch after paying their respects to Peter and
Mrs. Peter, He waited for two reasons, did Danny Meadow Mouse. In the
first place, he had seen old Granny Fox and Reddy Fox hanging about a
little way off, and though they had disappeared after a while, Danny had
an idea that they were not far away, but were hiding so that they might
catch him on his way home. Of course, he hadn't the slightest intention
of giving them the chance. He had made up his mind to ask Peter if he
might spend the night in a corner of the Old Briar-patch, and he was
very sure that Peter would say he might, for he and Peter are very good
friends, very good friends indeed.
The second good reason Danny had for waiting was this very friendship.
You see, Peter had been away from the Green Meadows so long that Danny
felt sure he couldn't know all about how things were there now, and so
he wanted to warn Peter that the Green Meadows were not nearly as safe
as before Old Man Coyote had come there to live.
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