And to everybody's surprise, the gladdest of all was Slim Mink, Peter's cousin.
"Hurrah!" he cried. (The others had been too polite to say anything.)
"What makes you shout that?" Peter asked Slim as he crawled away.
"Why," his cousin answered, "Tommy Fox hurt you, instead of your hurting him. And now you won't have to go to the Reform School."
But for once Peter Mink thought there might be worse places than that. He thought that maybe a real bed would feel pretty comfortable, just then.
Peter Mink was feeling even more peevish than usual. And this was the reason: Jimmy Rabbit had a new sled.