Part 8 (1/1)

XXIV SAMMY JAY PROVES THAT HE IS NOT ALL BAD

Sa ti the funny little school in Far his three baby Chucks the things that every little ChuckChuck When they had learned to nals which told thean to lead them farther and farther away fro the old stone wall and showed the the stones Then he took thenal It was funny, very funny indeed to see the three little Chucks scaht

The first tiether, and each was in such a hurry that he wouldn't let the other go first Then both lost their te that if there was really any danger near, they surely would coive those two little Chucks! Then he ain

Once he found a foot print which Reddy Fox had ht, and made each little Chuck smell of it, while he told them all about Reddy and old Granny Fox and how smart and sly they were and how very, very fond they were of tender young Chucks for dinner

The three little Chucks shi+vered when they s their backs stood up in a way that was very funny to see

Then Johnny Chuck took thee of the old orchard, where they could peep out over the Green Meadows He pointed out old Whitetail the Marshhawk, sailing back and forth over the meadows, and told them how once, when he was a little Chuck and had run away froht him He told thereat s that little Chucks should learn about

Now all the ti the sharpest kind of a watch for danger, and there were nal Then they would all lie flat down in the grass and keep perfectly still, or else sca the little paths which Johnny hadhome under the old apple-tree But even the , when Johnny Chuck had led the three little Chucks farther from home than usual, Farmer Brown's boy took it into his head to visit the old orchard Johnny Chuck did not see hirown so tall that even when he sat up his very straightest, Johnny could not always see over the top of it So this

But Sa-place in the top of one of the old apple-trees, saw him At first Sammy Jay's sharp eyes twinkled

There would be some fun now! Perhaps Farmer Brown's boy would catch one of the little Chucks! Saht of Johnny Chuck and the three little Chucks He fairly hugged hiht, for you know Sammy Jay dearly loves to see other people in trouble

Then he thought of all the fun he had had watching those three little Chucks learn their lessons, and suddenly the thought of anything happening to the to think, he screas:

”Run, Johnny Chuck, run! Here comes Farmer Brown's boy!”

And Johnny Chuck ran He didn't wait to ask questions or even to look

He started the three little Chucks ahead of him, and he nipped their heels tohouse under the old apple-tree in the far corner

Farmer Brown's boy was just in ti over to the Green Forest and screa ”Thief! thief!”

as he flew

”I wonder now if that jay warned those chucks purposely,” said he, as he scratched his head thoughtfully

If Peter Rabbit had been there, he could have told him that Sammy Jay did, for he knows all about Sammy Jay and his tricks But Peter wasn't there The fact is, Peter was very busy doing the s he has ever done--trying to change his name You may read all about it in The Adventures of Peter Cottontail You see it takes a whole book to tell all about Peter and his doings