ession, instead of
Peter Mink.

I said the _whole_ parade turned around; but what I meant to say was
_everybody but Peter Mink_. You see, Jimmy Rabbit had told Peter not to
look back, but to march straight ahead, with his eyes to the front. And
naturally, Peter Mink supposed that that was what Jimmy had whispered to
everyone else.

So away Peter Mink marched, trying to look as much like a giraffe as he
could, and feeling very proud, too--because he thought the parade was
following him.

[Illustration]

PETER LEARNS A NEW WORD

While Peter Mink marched on, believing that the circus parade was
following him (when Jimmy Rabbit had actually led it away in the
opposite direction), Peter kept trying to think of some trick he could
play on the parade.

He decided, at last, that he would hunt around until he found the
smallest hole he could possibly squeeze through, and he would squirm
through it, and then have fun watching the others try to follow him.

Finally he found a log which lay upon a rocky ledge. Between the log and
the rock there was a narrow opening. And when he saw that, Peter knew
it was the very place he had been looking for. Without once glancing
around, he thrust his head through the crack.

Then something happened. Peter Mink always claimed, afterwards, that the
log settled a bit lower, or the rock rose a bit higher. Anyhow, to his
astonishment, he found himself stuck fast under the log. Such a thing
had never happened to him before.

"Well!" he said to himself, "there are plenty of people here to help me,
anyhow." You see, he hadn't discovered that the whole parade--except
him--had turned about and followed Jimmy Rabbit.

Peter Mink thought it was strange that nobody came and offered to help
him. And soon he began to shout.

Still no one came. And Peter began to wish that he hadn't tried to play
a trick on the paraders. For he saw that he was in something very like
a trap. In fact, it _was_ a trap, which Johnnie Green had set. But Peter
didn't know that. If he had, he would have been even more worried than
he was. It was bad enough, just to imagine what would happen if old dog
Spot should come along and find him.

* * * * *

Jimmy Rabbit had a fine time leading the parade. You may be sure _he_
looked around at the procession following him. And he shouted a good
many orders, too, telling different ones just what they should or
shouldn't do.

The parade