CHAPTER XXIII. Some Big Mouths. 

Boom! Peter Rabbit jumped as if he had been shot. It was all so sudden and unexpected that Peter jumped before he had time to think. Then he looked foolish. He felt foolish. He had been scared when there was nothing to be afraid of. 

"Ha, ha, ha, ha," tittered Jenny Wren. "What are you jumping for, Peter Rabbit? That was only Boomer the Nighthawk." 

"I know it just as well as you do, Jenny Wren," retorted Peter rather crossly. "You know being suddenly startled is apt to make people feel cross. If I had seen him anywhere about he wouldn't have made me jump. It was the unexpectedness of it. I don't see what he is out now for, anyway, It isn't even dusk yet, and I thought him a night bird." 

"So he is," retorted Jenny Wren. "Anyway, he is a bird of the evening, and that amounts to the same thing. But just because he likes the evening best isn't any reason why he shouldn't come out in the daylight, is it?" 

"No-o," replied Peter rather slowly. "I don't suppose it is." 

"Of course it isn't," declared Jenny Wren. "I see Boomer late in the afternoon nearly every day. On cloudy days I often see him early in the afternoon. He's a queer fellow, is Boomer. Such a mouth as he has! I suppose it is very handy to have a big mouth if one must catch all one's food in the air, but it certainly isn't pretty when it is wide open." 
What is the rabbit's name?
How did he spring up?
Was he anticipating that?
How did he feel after that?
What is the wren's name?
How did she react to Peter's movements?
Who was the cause of the noise?
Did Peter claim to know that?
When does Jenny usually see Boomer?
How often?
Is his behavior different when it is cloudy?
How does Boomer gather food?
With what?
Is his mouth small or large?
Does he have good manners?
Is it daytime or nighttime now?
When does Peter expect to see Boomer?
Does Jenny agree?
Which time of day does Boomer prefer?
Does he only go out then?
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit
As if he had been shot?
Boom! Peter Rabbit jumped as if he had been shot.
No
 It was all so sudden and unexpected
Foolish
He felt foolish.
Jenny
"Ha, ha, ha, ha," tittered Jenny Wren.
She laughed.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha," tittered Jenny Wren
Boomer the Nighthawk
That was only Boomer the Nighthawk." 
Yes
"I know it just as well as you do, Jenny Wren," retorted Peter rather crossly.
Late in the afternoon.
"Of course it isn't," declared Jenny Wren. "I see Boomer late in the afternoon nearly every day. 
Almost every day.
 "I see Boomer late in the afternoon nearly every day. 
He is earlier.
On cloudy days I often see him early in the afternoon.
In the air.
Such a mouth as he has! I suppose it is very handy to have a big mouth if one must catch all one's food in the air, 
His mouth.
Such a mouth as he has! I suppose it is very handy to have a big mouth if one must catch all one's food in the air,
Large
Such a mouth as he has! I suppose it is very handy to have a big mouth
unknown
unknown
Daytime
It was the unexpectedness of it. I don't see what he is out now for, anyway, It isn't even dusk yet, and I thought him a night bird."
Night
It isn't even dusk yet, and I thought him a night bird." 

No
But just because he likes the evening best isn't any reason why he shouldn't come out in the daylight, is it?" 

Evenings
 "Anyway, he is a bird of the evening, and that amounts to the same thing. But just because he likes the evening best 
No
Of course it isn't," declared Jenny Wren. "I see Boomer late in the afternoon nearly every day