At last Jimmy found Mr. Crow. And as soon as Peter Mink spied him he hurried up and began to complain to Mr. Crow that Jimmy Rabbit wouldn't stand by his bargain.
"What was it?" Mr. Crow asked.
"He promised to give me his left hind-foot, if I'd pull him out of the creek," said Peter Mink.
"Did he pull you out?" Mr. Crow asked Jimmy Rabbit.
And Jimmy admitted that Peter had helped him out.
"He helped me in, too," added Jimmy. "But I didn't have to pay him for doing that."
"You're out of order!" Mr. Crow told Jimmy sharply.
And looking down at his mud-stained[p. 109] clothes, Jimmy Rabbit said that he supposed he was.
"Can you repeat the exact words of the bargain?" Mr. Crow asked Peter Mink.
"Yes," Peter began. "He said——"