It is n't a nice thing to do , not a bit nice . Happy Jack knew it , and all the time he was doing it , he was feeling very much ashamed of himself . But he said to himself that he just had to know where Striped Chipmunk 's storehouse was , because he just had to peep inside and find out if it held any of the big , fat hickory nuts that had disappeared from under the tall hickory tree while he was quarreling up in the top of it with his cousin , Chatterer the Red Squirrel . But spying on Striped Chipmunk is n't the easiest thing in the world . Happy Jack was finding it the hardest work he had ever undertaken . Striped Chipmunk is so spry , and whisks about so , that you need eyes all around your head to keep track of him . Happy Jack found that his two eyes , bright and quick as they are , could n't keep that little elf of a cousin of his always in sight . Every few minutes he would disappear and then bob up again in the most unexpected place and most provoking way . `` Now I 'm here , and now I 'm there ! Now I am not anywhere ! Watch me now , for here I go Out of sight ! I told you so ! '' With the last words , Striped Chipmunk was nowhere to be seen . It seemed as if the earth must have opened and swallowed him . But it had n't , for two minutes later Happy Jack saw him flirting his funny little tail in the sauciest way as he scampered along an old log . Happy Jack began to suspect that Striped Chipmunk was just having fun with him . What else could he mean by saying such things ? And yet Happy Jack was sure that Striped Chipmunk had n't seen him , for , all the time he was watching , Happy Jack had taken the greatest care to keep hidden himself . No , it could n't be , it just could n't be that Striped Chipmunk knew that he was anywhere about . He would just be patient a little longer , and he would surely see that smart little cousin of his go to his storehouse .
So Happy XXXXX waited and watched .
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