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And rushed into the tool-shed, and jumped
into a can.
It would have been a beautiful thing to
hide in, if it had not had so much water in
it.
Mr. McGregor was quite sure that Peter
was somewhere in the tool-shed, perhaps
hidden underneath a flower-pot. He began
to turn them over carefully, looking under
each.
Presently Peter sneezed—'Kertyschoo!' Mr.
McGregor was after him in no time.
And tried to put his foot upon Peter, who
jumped out of a window, upsetting three
plants. The window was too small for Mr.
McGregor, and he was tired of running
after Peter. He went back to his work.
