Johnny Chuck chuckled as he crept into the hollow log . `` Only a coward runs away without fighting , '' he murmured sleepily . IX ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK Johnny Chuck awoke just as jolly , round , red Mr. Sun pulled his own nightcap off . At first Johnny could n't think where he was . He blinked and blinked . Then he rolled over . `` Ouch ! '' cried Johnny Chuck . You see he was so stiff and sore from his great fight the day before , that it hurt to roll over . But when he felt the smart of those wounds , he remembered where he was . He was in the old hollow log that he had found on the edge of the Green Meadows just before dark . It was the first time that Johnny had ever slept anywhere , excepting underground , and as he lay blinking his eyes , it seemed very strange and rather nice , too . `` Well , well , well ! What are you doing here ? '' cried a sharp voice . Johnny Chuck looked towards the open end of the old log . There , peeping in , was a little face as sharp as the voice . `` Hello , Chatterer ! '' cried Johnny . `` I say , what are you doing here ? ''
persisted XXXXX the Red Squirrel , for it was he .
Chatterer Chuck Green Johnny Sun dark edge eyes first nightcap