"I wish you'd come over to the creek with me. There's something there that I want to show you. Of course, it's a long way off; and maybe your mother wouldn't like to have you go so far from home."
"I'll come!" Jimmy Rabbit said quickly.
"Maybe you'd better ask your mother first," Peter suggested.
But Jimmy Rabbit shook his head.
"That wouldn't do any good," he replied. "Let's be on our way!"
So Peter Mink started off toward the creek, with Jimmy close behind him.
At last they reached the bank of the creek. The water was low. And before them was a stretch of mud, which looked dry and firm. There were a few weeds growing in it. And it certainly looked harmless enough.
"What is it you're going to show me?" Jimmy asked.
"Follow me!" said Peter Mink. "You'll see pretty soon what it is." And he jumped off the bank and landed lightly on his feet on the mud-flat, and started on again.