Tod.
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When the kettle fell, Tommy Brock, who was still grinning, happened to
be uppermost; and he rolled Mr. Tod over and over like a log, out at the
door.
Then the snarling and worrying went on outside; and they rolled over the
bank, and down hill, bumping over the rocks. There will never be any
love lost between Tommy Brock and Mr. Tod.
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As soon as the coast was clear, Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny came out
of the bushes--
"Now for it! Run in, Cousin Benjamin! Run in and get them! while I watch
at the door."
But Benjamin was frightened--
"Oh; oh! they are coming back!"
"No they are not."
"Yes they are!"
"What dreadful bad language! I think they have fallen down the stone
quarry."
Still Benjamin hesitated, and Peter kept pushing him--
"Be quick, it's all right. Shut the oven door, Cousin Benjamin, so that
he won't miss them."
Decidedly there were lively doings in Mr. Tod's kitchen!
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At home in the rabbit hole, things had not been quite comfortable.
After quarrelling at supper, Flopsy and old Mr. Bouncer had passed a
sleepless night, and quarrelled again at breakfast. Old Mr. Bouncer
could no longer deny that he had invited company into the rabbit hole;
but he refused to reply to the questions and reproaches of Flopsy. The
day passed heavily.
Old Mr. Bouncer, very sulky, was huddled up in a corner, barricaded with
a chair. Flopsy had taken away his pipe and hidden the tobacco.
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