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 Jack waited and watched . CHAPTER VII STRIPED CHIPMUNK HAS FUN WITH HAPPY JACK Thrift is the meat in the nut of success . Happy Jack . Striped Chipmunk would shout in his shrillest voice : `` Hipperty , hopperty , one , two , three ! What do you think becomes of me ? '' Then he would vanish from sight all in the wink of an eye . You could n't tell where he went to .
At least Happy XXXXX could n't , and his eyes are sharper than yours or mine .
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