He was almost ready to give up , when he almost stumbled over the stranger , hiding in a little clump of bushes . And then a funny thing happened . What do you think it was ? Why , all the anger left Johnny Chuck . His hair no longer stood on end . He did n't know why , but all of a sudden he felt foolish , very foolish indeed . `` Who are you ? '' he demanded gruffly . `` I -- I 'm Polly Chuck , '' replied the stranger , in a small , timid voice . XI THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD Johnny Chuck had begun to think about his clothes . Yes , Sir , he spent a whole lot of time thinking about how he looked and wishing that he had a handsomer coat . For the first time in all his life he began to envy Reddy Fox , because of the beautiful red coat of which Reddy is so proud . It seemed to Johnny that his own coat was so plain and so dull that no one would look at it twice . Besides , it was torn now , because of the great fight Johnny had had with the old gray Chuck who came down from the Old Pasture . Johnny smoothed it down and brushed it carefully and tried to make himself look as spick and span as he knew how . `` Oh , dear ! '' he sighed . `` I do n't see why Old Mother Nature did n't give me as handsome a coat as she did Reddy Fox . And there are Jimmy Skunk and Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel and -- and -- why , almost every one has a handsomer coat than I have ! '' Now this was n't at all like Johnny Chuck .
First he had been discontented with his house and had given it to Jimmy XXXXX .
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