Come along now , and show how brave you are . '' Of course Happy Jack could n't understand what he said . If he could have , he might have guessed that it was the mumps that had made Farmer Brown 's boy look so like Striped Chipmunk when he has his cheeks stuffed with nuts . But if he could n't understand what Farmer Brown 's boy said , he had no difficulty in understanding that if he wanted those nuts he would have to go after them . So at last he screwed up his courage and put his head inside . Nothing happened , so he went wholly in and sat on the inside sill . Then by reaching out as far as he could without tumbling off , he managed to get one of those nuts , and as soon as he had it , he dodged outside to eat it . Farmer Brown 's boy laughed , and putting the rest of the nuts outside , he closed the window . Happy Jack ate his fill and then scampered back to the Green Forest . He felt all puffed up with pride . He felt that he had been very , very bold , and he was anxious to tell Tommy Tit the Chickadee , who had not been with him that morning , how bold he had been . `` Pooh , that 's nothing ! '' replied Tommy , when he had heard about it . `` I 've done that often . '' CHAPTER XXII HAPPY JACK DARES TOMMY TIT A wise philosopher is he Who takes things as they chance to be , And in them sees that which is best While trying to forget the rest . Happy Jack . Somehow Happy Jack 's day had been spoiled . He knew that he had no business to allow it to be spoiled , but it was , just the same . You see , he had been all puffed up with pride because he thought himself a very bold fellow because he had really been inside Farmer Brown 's house . He could n't help feeling quite puffed up about it .
But when he told XXXXX Tit the Chickadee about it , Tommy had said , `` Pooh !
Brown Chickadee Chipmunk Forest Jack Pooh TIT Tommy morning mumps