CHAPTER III: Lightfoot Tells How His Antlers Grew 

It is hard to believe what seems impossible. And yet what seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one else. So it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just because you cannot understand how it can be. Peter Rabbit wanted to believe what Lightfoot the Deer had just told him, but somehow he couldn't. If he had seen those antlers growing, it would have been another matter. But he hadn't seen Lightfoot since the very last of winter, and then Lightfoot had worn just such handsome antlers as he now had. So Peter really couldn't be blamed for not being able to believe that those old ones had been lost and in their place new ones had grown in just the few months of spring and summer. 

But Peter didn't blame Lightfoot in the least, because he had told Peter that he didn't like to tell things to people who wouldn't believe what he told them when Peter had asked him about the rags hanging to his antlers. "I'm trying to believe it," he said, quite humbly. 

"It's all true," broke in another voice. 

Peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. Unseen and unheard, he had stolen up and had overheard what Peter and Lightfoot had said. 

"How do you know it is true?" snapped Peter a little crossly, for Jumper had startled him. 

"Because I saw Lightfoot's old antlers after they had fallen off, and I often saw Lightfoot while his new ones were growing," retorted Jumper. 
Who startled Peter?
What kind of animal was he?
Was he related to Peter?
How?
Was Jumper evesdropping?
What had Lighfoot told Peter that he did not believe?
When was the last time Peter saw him?
Did he want to believe him?
What kind of animal was Lightfoot?
What did Jumper say about his story?
How did he know it was true?
How long had it taken for the new ones to grow?
What was hanging from his antlers?
Why did Peter blame Lightfoot?
Jumper
"How do you know it is true?" snapped Peter a little crossly, for Jumper had startled him. 
a Hare.
Peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. 
yes
Peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. U
he was a cousin
Peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin, Jumper the Hare
yes
he had stolen up and had overheard what Peter and Lightfoot had said. 

that his old antlers had been lost and new ones grew in their place
 that those old ones had been lost and in their place new ones had grown in just the few months of spring and summer. 

the very last of winter,
 But he hadn't seen Lightfoot since the very last of winter,
yes
Peter Rabbit wanted to believe what Lightfoot the Deer had just told him,
Deer
Peter Rabbit wanted to believe what Lightfoot the Deer 
"It's all true,"
"It's all true," broke in another voice. 
he saw Lightfoot's old antlers and he saw Lightfoot often while the new ones were growing
Because I saw Lightfoot's old antlers after they had fallen off, and I often saw Lightfoot while his new ones were growing,"
just the few months of spring and summer.
 new ones had grown in just the few months of spring and summer. 

rags
 Peter had asked him about the rags hanging to his antlers
he didn't like to tell things to people who wouldn't believe what he told them
because he had told Peter that he didn't like to tell things to people who wouldn't believe what he told them