Reddy trotted off towards the Green Meadows , but the minute he was out of sight of Sammy Jay , he turned towards Farmer Brown 's old orchard , just as Sammy Jay had known he would . `` I guess Johnny Chuck will have a visitor , '' chuckled Sammy Jay , as he started to look for Jimmy Skunk . XVII MORE MISCHIEF Mischief 's like a snowball Sent rolling down a hill ; With every turn it bigger grows And bigger , bigger still . Sammy Jay had started mischief by telling Reddy Fox where Johnny Chuck 's new house was . If you had asked him , Sammy Jay would have said that he had n't told . All he had said was that he had happened to be up in Farmer Brown 's old orchard and so had called on Johnny Chuck in his new house . Now Reddy Fox is very sly , oh , very sly . He had pretended to Sammy Jay that he knew all the time where Johnny Chuck was living . When he left Sammy Jay , he had started in the direction of the Green Meadows , just as if he had no thought of going over to Farmer Brown 's old orchard . But Sammy Jay is just as sly as Reddy Fox . He was n't fooled for one minute , not one little minute . He chuckled to himself as he started to look for Jimmy Skunk . Then he changed his mind . `` I think I 'll go up to the old orchard myself ! '' said Sammy Jay , and away he flew . He got there first and hid in the top of a big apple-tree , where he could see all that went on . It was n't long before he saw Reddy Fox steal out from the Green Forest and over to the old orchard . Reddy was nervous , very nervous . You see , it was broad daylight , and the old orchard was very near Farmer Brown 's house . Reddy knew that he ought to have waited until night , but he knew that then Johnny Chuck would be fast asleep , Now , perhaps , Johnny Chuck , thinking that no one knew where he lived , would not be on watch , and he might be able to catch Johnny .
So Reddy , with one eye on Farmer XXXXX 's house and one eye on the watch for some sign of Johnny Chuck , stole into the old orchard .
Brown Chuck Forest Fox Jay Reddy Skunk daylight first night