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Thank you, Buster Bear's Twins. 10 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: Have you ever wanted to be in a number of 11 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: places at the same time, then you know exactly how 12 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: Peter Rabbit felt in the beautiful springtime. You see, there 13 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: was so much going on everywhere all the time that 14 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: Peter felt sure he was missing something no matter how 15 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: much he saw or heard, And he was quite right. 16 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: But you may be sure Peter did his best not 17 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 1: to miss any more than he had to. He scampered 18 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: hippity hop this way, hippity hop that way, and hippety 19 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: hop the other way, watching, listening, asking questions, and making 20 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: a nuisance of himself generally. For a while, there were 21 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: so many new arrivals in the old orchard and on 22 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: the green meadows, feathered friends returning from the sunny south 23 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: and in a great hurry to begin housekeeping, and strangers 24 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: passing through on their way to the far north. That 25 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 1: Peter hardly gave the green forest a thought. But one 26 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: moonlight night he happened to think of Paddy the Beaver, 27 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: and that he hadn't seen Paddy since before Paddy's pond 28 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: froze over in the winter. I must run over and 29 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: say hullo, thought Peter. Certainly must. I wonder if he 30 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: is as glad as the rest of us that sweet 31 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: spring is here. No sooner did he think of this 32 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: than Peter started hippity hippity hop through the green forest 33 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: or the pond of Paddy the Beaver. Now the nearest 34 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: way was past the great windfall, where Missus Bear made 35 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 1: her home. Peter hadn't thought of this when he started. 36 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: He didn't think of it until he came in sight 37 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: of it. The instant he saw that old windfall, he 38 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: stopped short. He remembered Missus Bear and that he had 39 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: heard that she had a secret. Instantly, curiosity took over, 40 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: and he forgot all about Patty the Beaver. For some time, 41 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: Peter sat perfectly still looking and listening. There was no 42 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: sign of missus Bear. Was she in her bedroom taking 43 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: a nap, or was she off somewhere? Peter wished he 44 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: knew it was such a lovely night that he had 45 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: a feeling Missus Bear was out somewhere. A hop at 46 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: a time, pausing to look and listen. Between hops, Peter 47 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: drew closer. Still there was no sign of missus Bear. 48 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: With his heart going pit a pat pit, a pat pit, 49 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: a pat Peter drew nearer and nearer to the Great Windfall, 50 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: and at last was close to it, on the opposite 51 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: side of Missus Bear's entrance. Taking care not to so 52 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: much as russell a dry leaf on the ground, Peter 53 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: crept around the end of the Great Windfall until he 54 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: could see the entrance Missus Bear always used. No one 55 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: was in sight. Peter drew a long breath and hopped 56 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: a little nearer. He felt very brave and bold, but 57 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: you may be sure that at the same time he 58 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: was ready to jump and run as only he can 59 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,679 Speaker 1: at the least hint of danger. For a long time, 60 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: Peter sat and stared at that entrance and wished he 61 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: was brave enough to just poke his head inside. If 62 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: Missus Bear really had a secret, it was somewhere inside 63 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: there anyway, that is what old Granny Fox had said. 64 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: He had almost worked his courage up to the point 65 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: of taking just one quick little peek in that entrance 66 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: when his long ears caught a faint, rustling sound. Peter 67 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: scurried off to a safe distance, then turned and stared 68 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: at that entrance. He half expected to see Missus Bear's 69 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: great head come poking out, and he was ready to 70 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: take off. Instead a very small head, and then another 71 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: close beside it appeared. Peter was so surprised he nearly 72 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: fell over backward. Then in a flash, it came to 73 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: him that he knew Missus Bear's secret. It was out 74 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:23,679 Speaker 1: at last, Yes, sir, it was out. At last. Missus 75 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: Bear had a family. Missus Bear and Buster Bear had twins. 76 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: It isn't often that Peter Rabbit has a chance to 77 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: scare anyone. You know. He is such a timid fellow 78 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: himself that he is the one who usually gets frightened. 79 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: So when he does happen to scare someone, it always 80 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: amuses him. Somehow, he always has more respect for himself. 81 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: When on that moonlight night he discovered Missus Bear's secret. 82 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: He had the most mixed feelings he had ever known. 83 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: First came surprise as he saw those two little heads 84 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: poking out of Missus Bear's entrance. He was sitting up 85 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: very straight, and the surprise was so great that he 86 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: all but tumbled over backwards. You see, there was no 87 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: mistaking those two little heads for any but those of 88 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: baby bears. He knew that those were two bear cubs, 89 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: missus bears babies, the secrets she had kept hidden so long, 90 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: and his surprise at seeing those two little heads was 91 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: only a little greater than his surprise at the smallness 92 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: of them. So for perhaps two minutes Peter sat motionless, 93 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: quite overcome with surprise as he stared at those two 94 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: funny little heads poking out from the entrance. Then all 95 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,559 Speaker 1: in a flash he understood the cause of Missus Bear's 96 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: short temper and the reason she drove everybody away from there, 97 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: and he felt a sudden panic of fright. This is 98 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: no place for me, thought Peter. And the sooner I 99 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: get away from here, the better. He looked quickly all about. 100 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: There was no sign of Missus Bear. Right then and 101 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: there curiosity returned in full force. I wish those youngsters 102 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: would come out where I could look at them and 103 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: see just how big they are, thought Peter. It seemed 104 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: safe enough here now, and perhaps if I wait a 105 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: few minutes, they will come out. So Peter waited. Sure enough, 106 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: in a few minutes, the two little cubs did come out. Plainly. 107 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: It was their first glimpse of the green forest, and 108 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: Peter almost laughed right out aloud at the look of 109 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: wonder on their faces as they stared all about in 110 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: the moonlight. But not even his first surprise was greater 111 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: than Peter's surprise now as he saw how small they were. 112 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: Why he exclaimed to himself, why they are no bigger 113 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: than I. I didn't suppose anyone so big as great 114 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: big Missus Bear could have such small children. I wonder 115 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: how old they are. I wonder how big they were 116 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: when they were born. I wonder if they will grow fast. 117 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: I wonder if they will go about with Missus Bhaer. 118 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: They look rather wobbly on their legs. I wonder if 119 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: Missus Bhaer told them they could come out. And then 120 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: an idea came to Peter. I wonder if I can 121 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: scare them, thought Peter. It would be great fun to 122 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: scare a bear, even if it is nothing but a cub, 123 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: and to scare two at once would be greater fun. 124 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: Peter suddenly thumped the ground very hard with his hind feet. 125 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: It was so still in the green forest that the 126 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: thump sounded very loud. The two little cubs gave a 127 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: startled look towards Peter as he sat up in the 128 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: moon sun light. He looked very big, that is, he 129 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: did to those two little cubs who had never seen 130 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: him before. With funny little whimpers of fright, they turned 131 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: and fairly tumbled over each other as they scurried back 132 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 1: through the entrance into their cave. Peter laughed and laughed 133 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: until his sides ached. He Peter Rabbit had actually frightened 134 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: two bears and made them run. Now he would have 135 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: something to boast about. As two little frightened cubs ran, 136 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: whimpering and tumbling over each other for the safety of 137 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: their bedroom, Peter Rabbit thumped twice more, just by way 138 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: of adding to their fright. It was most unkind of Peter. 139 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: Of course, he should have been ashamed trying to frighten babies, 140 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: and those two cubs were babies, and nothing more. They 141 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: were baby bears. After the two cubs had disappeared, he 142 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: could hear them scrambling along under the great windfall as 143 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: they hurried for the darkest corner of that dark bedroom 144 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: where Mother Bear had left them when she went out 145 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: to look for something to eat. All the way there, 146 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: they had whimpered, just as if they thought something was 147 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: after them. Peter laughed until his sides ached and the 148 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: tears came to his eyes. An angry growl right behind 149 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: him put a sudden end to Peter's laughter and glee. 150 00:13:54,960 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: It was his turn to run. My what umps he made. 151 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: It seemed as if his feet barely touched the ground 152 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: before he was in the air again. If those little 153 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: cubs had been scared, Peter was twice as scared. They 154 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: had run without knowing what they had run from, But 155 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: Peter knew what he was running from. He was running 156 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: from an angry mother, and that mother was a bear. 157 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: Peter had been so focused on frightening those little cubs 158 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: and then laughing at them that he had not heard 159 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: Mother Bear until she had given that angry growl right 160 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: behind him. Mother Bear didn't follow Peter. She simply growled 161 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: once or twice in her deepest, most grumbly rumbly voice, 162 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: just to add a little speed to Peter. There's long legs, 163 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: if that were possible. Then, as she watched Peter run headlong, 164 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: she grinned, just as Peter had laughed at the fright 165 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: of the little cubs. Mother Bear grinned at Peter's fright. 166 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 1: I hope that will teach him a lesson, muttered Mother Bear, 167 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: way down in her throat. I don't want that long 168 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: eared bunch of curiosity hanging around here. He got a 169 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: glimpse of those youngsters of mine, and now my secret 170 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: will be out. Well, I suppose it would have had 171 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: to be out soon anyways. Missus Bear turned into the 172 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: entrance to her bedroom, while Peter Rabbit kept right on 173 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: hippity hop, hippity hop, hippity hop through the green forest 174 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: towards the green meadows and the dear old briar Patch 175 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: was eager to get there and tell the news of 176 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 1: Missus Bear's long kept secret.