"Let's go down to the brook and fish," he suggested, hoping that he could get Peter's mind off Tommy Fox.
"You can go if you want to," said Peter Mink. "And save me some fish, too, or it will be the worse for you!"
Slim decided that he wouldn't go fishing, after all. And he roamed through the woods with Peter, who was determined to find Tommy Fox.
And at last Peter found him, at a garden-party that was being given by Jimmy[p. 51] Rabbit, in Farmer Green's garden.
Everybody but Tommy Fox was having refreshments. But he said he didn't feel like eating anything. That was because he was polite. He never cared for lettuce, or peas, or cabbage.
Peter Mink had not been invited to the garden-party. But that made no difference to him. Before anyone knew what was happening he marched straight up to Tommy Fox and bit him on the nose.
Then there followed such an uproar as had never before been seen in Farmer Green's garden. Tommy Fox and Peter Mink rolled over and over upon the ground. And for a long time nobody could tell one from the other.
But after a while that squirming heap of tails and legs began to turn more slowly, until at last it stopped altogether.
Peter Mink was a sad sight. He had[p. 52] been ragged enough, before the fight. But now he looked ten times worse. And one of his eyes was closed. And he had lost his hat, and one shoe.
Everyone was glad that the trouble was over. And everyone was glad that Tommy Fox had won.