The Duck, Dialogue With The Bird, Attack Of The Cat

Just then a duck came waddling round. She was glad that Peter
hadn't closed the gate and decided to take a nice swim in the deep
pond in the meadow.

Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon on the grass,
settled next to her and shrugged his shoulders. "What kind of bird
are you if you can't fly?" said he. To this the duck replied "What
kind of bird are you if you can't swim?" and dived into the pond.

They argued and argued, the duck swimming in the pond and the
little bird hopping along the shore.

Suddenly, something caught Peter's attention. It was a cat
crawling through the grass.

The cat thought; "The bird is busy arguing, I'll just grab him.
Stealthily she crept towards him on his velvet paws.

"Look out!" shouted Peter and the bird immediately flew up into
the tree, while the duck quacked at the cat, from the middle of
the pond. The cat walked around the tree and thought, "Is it worth
climbing up so high? By the time I get there the bird will have
flown away."