`` I heard something under that old board , and I just naturally turned it over to find out what was there . '' `` Hump ! '' grunted Old Mr. Toad . `` I did n't have the least idea that you were there , '' continued Peter . `` When I found who it was , and what you were doing , I could n't help watching because it was so interesting , and I could n't help laughing because you really did look so funny . But I 'm sorry , Mr. Toad . Truly I am . I did n't mean to be so impolite . I promise never to do it again . I do n't suppose , Mr. Toad , that it seems at all wonderful to you that you can change your suit that way , but it does to me . I had heard that you swallowed your old suits , but I never half believed it . Now I know it is so and just how you do it , and I feel as if I had learned something worth knowing . Do you know , I think you are one of the most interesting and wonderful of all my neighbors , and I 'll never laugh at or tease you again , Mr. Toad . '' `` Hump ! '' grunted Old Mr. Toad again , but it was very clear that he was a little flattered by Peter 's interest in him and was rapidly recovering his good nature . `` There is one thing I do n't understand yet , '' said Peter , `` and that is where you go to to sleep all winter . Do you go down into the mud at the bottom of the Smiling Pool the way Grandfather Frog does ? '' `` Certainly not ! '' retorted Old Mr. Toad . `` Use your common sense , Peter Rabbit .
If I had spent the winter in the Smiling Pool , do you suppose I would have left it to come XXXXX up here and then have turned right around and gone back there to sing ?
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