`` Jumper the Hare ! '' `` Guess again , '' said Sammy , chuckling . `` Little Joe Otter ! '' `` Wrong , '' replied Sammy . `` I give up . Who was it ? Do tell me , '' begged Happy Jack . `` It was Shadow the Weasel ! '' cried Sammy , triumphantly . Happy Jack dropped the nut he was just going to eat , and in place of happiness something very like fear grew and grew in his eyes . `` I -- I do n't believe you , '' he stammered . `` Farmer Brown 's boy took him away and put an end to him . I saw him take him . '' `` But you did n't see him put an end to Shadow , '' declared Sammy , `` because he did n't . He took him ` way up in the Old Pasture and let him go , and I saw him up there yesterday . That 's what comes of guessing at things . Shadow is no more dead than you are . Well , I must be going along . I hope you 'll enjoy your breakfast . '' With this , off flew Sammy Jay , chuckling as if he thought he had done a very smart thing in upsetting Happy Jack , which goes to show what queer ideas some people have .
As for Happy Jack , he worried for a while , but as Shadow did n't come , and there was nothing else to worry about , little by little Happy XXXXX 's high spirits returned , until he was as happy as ever .
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