It wasn't here yesterday, so that
means that he is at work right around here now. Hello, I
thought so!"
Peter had been looking along that little ridge and had discovered
that it ended only a short distance from him. Now as he looked at
it again, he saw the flat surface of the ground at the end of the
ridge rise as if being pushed up from beneath, and that little
ridge became just so much longer. Peter understood perfectly. Out
of sight beneath the surface Miner the Mole was at work. He was
digging a tunnel, and that ridge was simply the roof to that
tunnel. It was so near the surface of the ground that Miner simply
pushed up the loose soil as he bored his way along, and this made
the little ridge over which Peter had stumbled.
Peter watched a few minutes, then turned and scampered, lipperty-
lipperty-lip, for the Green Forest. He arrived at school quite out
of breath, the last one. Old Mother Nature was about to chide him
for being late, but noticing his excitement, she changed her mind.
"Well, Peter," said she. "What is it now? Did you have a narrow
escape on your way here?"
Peter shook his head. "No," he replied. "No, I didn't have a
narrow escape, but I discovered something."
Happy Jack Squirrel snickered. "Peter is always discovering
something," said he. "He is a great little discoverer. Probably
he has just found out that the only way to get anywhere on time
is to start soon enough.
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