the Green Meadows for a visit and had just returned. He listened to all
that Peter Rabbit had to say, and a funny, pleased sort of look came into
his eyes.

"Ah reckon Ah will go along with yo'all," said he.

So Unc' Billy Possum went with Peter Rabbit to the Laughing Brook, where
they hid underneath the alders.




XV


PETER RABBIT AND UNC' BILLY POSSUM KEEP WATCH

"Now," said Peter Rabbit, as they settled themselves to watch, "we'll
see for ourselves whether Sammy Jay and Sticky-toes have been telling the
truth, or if they have been dreaming. If we hear Sammy Jay's voice down
here in the alders to-night, we ought to be able to see who is using it,
for pretty soon the moon will be up, and then we can see easily."

Unc' Billy Possum didn't say anything, not a word, but if Peter Rabbit had
noticed Unc' Billy's eyes, he would have seen a very knowing look there.

The fact is, Unc' Billy was thinking of the time when he thought he had
heard the voice of an old friend of his from way down South, and he was
beginning to suspect that he had been right, and that his old friend really
was somewhere in the Green Forest.