Happy Jack was up very early that morning . In fact , jolly , round , red Mr. Sun was still in his bed behind the Purple Hills when Happy Jack hopped briskly out of bed . He washed himself thoroughly and was ready for business by the time Mr. Sun began his climb up in the blue , blue sky . You see , Happy Jack had found that big hickory tree just loaded with nuts all ripe and ready to gather . He was quite sure that no one else had found that special tree , and he wanted to get all the nuts before any one else found out about them . So he was all ready and off he raced to the big tree just as soon as it was light enough to see . `` The nuts that grow in the hickory tree -- They 're all for me ! They 're all for me ! '' Happy Jack was humming that little song as he rested for a few minutes ` way up in the top of the tree and wondered if his storehouse would hold all these big , fat nuts . Just then he heard a great scolding a little way over in the Green Forest . Happy Jack stopped humming and listened . He knew that voice . It was his cousin 's voice -- the voice of Chatterer the Red Squirrel . Happy Jack frowned . `` I hope he wo n't come over this way , '' muttered Happy Jack . He does not love his cousin Chatterer anyway , and then there was the big tree full of hickory nuts ! He did n't want Chatterer to find that . I am afraid that Happy Jack was selfish . There were more nuts than he could possibly eat in one winter , and yet he was n't willing that his cousin , Chatterer the Red Squirrel , should have a single one . Now Chatterer is short-tempered and a great scold .
Some one or something had upset him this XXXXX , and he was scolding as fast as his tongue could go , as he came running right towards the tree in which Happy Jack was sitting .
Chatterer Forest Hills Jack Red Squirrel Sun minutes morning scold