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CHAPTER XIX

THE YOUNG OTTER'S CURIOSITY IS SATISFIED

True courage ne'er gives way to fear
When unexpected foes appear.

Little Joe Otter.

Never was Peter Rabbit more filled with curiosity than was the wilful little Otter plunging through the snow towards a certain little snow-covered tree. She was sure that she had seen something move under that little tree. She hadn't the least bit of fear. Never in her short life had she been in real danger. Never had she had a real fright. You see always her