P eter Rabbit was their guide through all of these perils. His eyes were 
sharp from eating carrots, and his giant ears could hear trouble coming from 
miles away. His quivering nose sniffed out danger, and his mind was too sharp 
for most of King Magpie's tricks. Before long they had reached the outskirts of 
King Magpie's city, which did not even have a wall around it, so confident was 
King Magpie that no invader could possibly pass through all of the traps and 
pitfalls in the forest.