It was a sly , wicked , hungry grin . He flattened himself out in the grass behind the big apple-tree . `` I 'll give Johnny Chuck the surprise of his life ! '' muttered Reddy Fox under his breath . Now Sammy Jay had been watching all this time . He knew that Johnny Chuck was safely inside his house , for Johnny had seen Reddy when he first came into the old orchard . And Sammy knew that Johnny Chuck knew that when Reddy found that new house , he would hide just as he had done . `` Johnny Chuck wo n't come out again to-day , and there wo n't be any excitement at all , '' thought Sammy Jay in disappointment , for he had hoped to see a fight between Reddy Fox and Johnny Chuck . Just then Sammy looked over to Farmer Brown 's house , and there was Farmer Brown 's boy getting ready to saw wood . The imp of mischief under Sammy 's pert cap gave him an idea . He flew over to the old apple-tree , just over Reddy 's head , and began to scream at the top of his lungs . Farmer Brown 's boy stopped work and looked over towards the old orchard . `` When a jay screams like that there is usually a fox around , '' he muttered , as he unfastened Bowser the Hound . XVIII FARMER BROWN 'S BOY MAKES A DISCOVERY Reddy Fox glared up at Sammy Jay . `` What 's the matter with you ? '' snarled Reddy Fox . `` Why do n't you mind your own affairs , instead of making trouble for other people ? '' You see , Reddy was afraid that Johnny Chuck would hear Sammy Jay and take warning . `` Hello , Reddy Fox ! I thought you had gone down to the Green Meadows ! ''
XXXXX said this as if he was very much surprised to see Reddy there .
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