Certainly not Happy Jack or his cousin , Chatterer the Red Squirrel . They just had to smile in spite of themselves , and when Striped Chipmunk urged them to sit down and help themselves , they did . In three minutes they were so busy eating that they had forgotten all about their quarrel and were laughing and chatting like the best of friends . `` It 's quite a family party , is n't it ? '' said Striped Chipmunk , for you know they are all cousins . Whitefoot the Wood Mouse happened along , and Striped Chipmunk insisted that he should join the party . Later Sammy Jay came along , and nothing would excuse him from sharing in the feast , too . When everybody had eaten and eaten until they could n't hold another thing , and it was time to think of going home , Striped Chipmunk insisted that Happy Jack and Chatterer should divide between them the big , fat hickory nuts that were left , and they did without once quarreling about it . `` Thanksgiving comes but once a year , And when it comes it brings good cheer , '' said Striped Chipmunk to himself as he watched his guests depart . CHAPTER XII HAPPY JACK DOES SOME THINKING To call another a thief does n't make him one . Happy Jack . Happy Jack sat up in a chestnut tree , and his face was very sober . The fact is , Happy Jack was doing some very hard thinking . This is so very unusual for him that Sammy Jay stopped to ask if he was sick . You see he is naturally a happy-go-lucky little scamp , and that is one reason that he is called Happy Jack . But this morning he was thinking and thinking hard , so hard , in fact , that he almost lost his temper when Sammy Jay interrupted his thoughts with such a foolish question . What was he thinking about ? Can you not guess ? Why , he was thinking about those big , fat hickory nuts that Striped Chipmunk had had for his Thanksgiving dinner , and how Striped Chipmunk had given him some of them to bring home . He was very sure that they were the very same nuts that he had watched grow big and fat in the top of the tall hickory tree and then had knocked down while chasing his cousin , Chatterer .
When they had reached the ground and found the nuts gone , Happy Jack had at once suspected XXXXX Striped Chipmunk had taken them , and now he felt sure about it .
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