VI PETER DISCOVERS SOMETHING MORE There are stranger things in the world to-day Than ever you dreamed could be . There 's beauty in some of the commonest things If only you 've eyes to see . Ever since Peter Rabbit was a little chap and had first ran away from home , he had known Old Mr. Toad , and never once had Peter suspected that he could sing . Also he had thought Old Mr. Toad almost ugly-looking , and he knew that most of his neighbors thought the same way . They were fond of Old Mr. Toad , for he was always good-natured and attended strictly to his own affairs ; but they liked to poke fun at him , and as for there being anything beautiful about him , such a thing never entered their heads . Now that they had discovered that he really has a very beautiful voice , they began to look on him with a great deal more respect . This was especially so with Peter . He got in the habit of going over to the Smiling Pool every day , when the way was clear , just to sit on the bank and listen to Old Mr. Toad . `` Why did n't you ever tell us before that you could sing ? '' he asked one day , as Old Mr. Toad looked up at him from the Smiling Pool . `` What was the use of wasting my breath ? '' demanded Old Mr. Toad . `` You would n't have believed me if I had . You did n't believe me when I did tell you . '' Peter knew that this was true , and he could n't find any answer ready . At last he ventured another question . `` Why have n't I ever heard you sing before ? '' `` You have , '' replied Old Mr. Toad tartly . `` I sang right in this very place last spring , and the spring before , and the spring before that . You 've sat on that very bank lots of times while I was singing .
The trouble with you , Peter , is that you do n't use your XXXXX or your ears . ''
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