"I never did anything of the kind!" Peter Mink shouted.
"Well, we'll go and ask Mr. Crow what he thinks about it," Jimmy Rabbit said. "We'll leave it to him."
While Jimmy Rabbit was looking for wise old Mr. Crow, Peter Mink stuck close behind him.
"You needn't think you can run away with my rabbit's lucky left hind-foot," Peter kept saying. "That's my foot! You promised to give it to me for helping you out of the mud. And I intend to have it. I'm going to follow you wherever you go. I wish you'd try to be a little more careful where you step with my foot."
But Jimmy Rabbit didn't seem the least bit worried.
"You stand by your bargain, and I'll[p. 108] stand by mine," he told Peter. And that was all he would say.