What are you doing in my storehouse ? '' he shrieked . Happy Jack backed away hurriedly , for though he is much bigger than Chatterer , he has a very wholesome respect for Chatterer 's sharp teeth , and when he is very angry , Chatterer is a great fighter . `` I -- I did n't know it was your storehouse , '' said Happy Jack , backing away still further . `` It does n't make any difference if you did n't ; you 're a thief just the same ! '' screamed Chatterer and rushed at Happy Jack . And what do you think Happy Jack did ? Why , he just turned tail and ran , Chatterer after him , crying `` Thief ! Robber ! Coward ! '' at the top of his lungs , so that every one in the Green Forest could hear . CHAPTER X STRIPED CHIPMUNK 'S HAPPY THOUGHT Waste seems to me a dreadful sin ; It works to lose and not to win . Thrift will win ; it can not lose . Between them 't is for you to choose . Happy Jack . Striped Chipmunk sat on a mossy old log , laughing until his sides ached . `` Ha , ha , ha ! Ho , ho , ho ! Oh , dear ! Oh , dear !
Ho , ho , ho , XXXXX , ho ! ''
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