Premise: Very , very lovely were the reds and yellows and browns against the dark green of the pines and the spruces and the hemlocks .<br>The Purple Hills were more softly purple than at any other season of the year .<br>It was all very , very beautiful .<br>But Peter had no thought for the beauty of it all , for the Spirit of Fear had visited even the dear Old Briar-patch , and Peter was afraid .
Hypothesis: Peter was afraid of the wolf hiding in the dark green of the pines and the spruces and the hemlocks.