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The Morning Peter Nearly Lost His Tail

Peter goes exploring where he promised not to go, and Reddy Fox is waiting behind the old stone wall.

Peter Cottontail of The Dear Old Briar-Patch

The episode is in the paint shop

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The story

  1. Dawn in the Briar-Patch. Peter promises himself he will stay home today.
  2. A strange new smell drifts up the Lone Little Path. Off he goes.
  3. Reddy Fox is watching from the stone wall, patient as a Sunday.
  4. The chase — zigzag, hedge, brook, tumble.
  5. Peter dives into the briars with one white tuft of fur left behind on a thorn.
  6. Evening. Peter, safe, tells himself he has learned his lesson. He has not.

What We Learned

Being curious is a wonderful thing — but the safest explorers tell somebody where they're going first.

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