Just then he heard a great scolding a little way over in the Green Forest . Happy Jack stopped humming and listened . He knew that voice . It was his cousin 's voice -- the voice of Chatterer the Red Squirrel . Happy Jack frowned . `` I hope he wo n't come over this way , '' muttered Happy Jack . He does not love his cousin Chatterer anyway , and then there was the big tree full of hickory nuts ! He did n't want Chatterer to find that . I am afraid that Happy Jack was selfish . There were more nuts than he could possibly eat in one winter , and yet he was n't willing that his cousin , Chatterer the Red Squirrel , should have a single one . Now Chatterer is short-tempered and a great scold . Some one or something had upset him this morning , and he was scolding as fast as his tongue could go , as he came running right towards the tree in which Happy Jack was sitting . Happy Jack sat perfectly still and watched . He did n't move so much as the tip of his big gray tail . Would Chatterer go past and not see that big tree full of nuts ? It looked very much as if he would , for he was so busy scolding that he was n't paying much attention to other things . Happy Jack smiled as Chatterer came running under the tree without once looking up . He was so tickled that he started to hug himself and did n't remember that he was holding a big , fat nut in his hands . Of course he dropped it . Where do you think it went ?
Well , Sir , it fell straight down , from the top of that tall tree , and it landed right on the head of XXXXX the Red Squirrel !
Chatterer Forest Jack Red Squirrel attention morning nuts right scold