He jumped down and ran a few steps . Then his heart failed , and he scampered back to the old stone wall in a panic . After a few minutes he tried again , and once more a foolish fear sent him back . The third time he gritted his teeth , said to himself over and over , `` I will ! I will ! I will ! '' and ran with all his might . In no time at all he was across the dooryard and up in the big tree , his heart pounding with excitement . `` Dee , dee , dee , '' called Tommy Tit . Happy Jack looked over to the house , and there sat Tommy on a window-sill , helping himself to the most delicious-looking cracked nuts . The sight of them made Happy Jack 's mouth water . A long branch hung down over the window and almost touched the sill . Happy Jack ventured half way and stopped . Somehow it seemed very dangerous to go so close to that window . `` Come on ! Come on ! What are you afraid of ? '' called Tommy . Something like shame that such a little fellow as Tommy Tit should dare to go where he did not , crept into Happy Jack 's heart . With a quick little run and jump he was on the sill , and a second later he was staring in at all the strange things inside .
At first he did n't see anything of Farmer Brown 's boy , but in a few XXXXX he made him out .
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