`` I saw him go in , and he has n't come out , for I 've kept watch , '' said he . `` You better get away from here before he knows you are about . '' That was good advice , but it was too late . Even as Tommy Tit spoke , a sharp face with red , angry eyes was thrust out of Happy Jack 's doorway . It was the face of Shadow the Weasel . CHAPTER XIV . HAPPY JACK 'S RUN FOR LIFE A coward he who runs away When he should stay and fight , But wise is he who knows when he Should run with all his might . Happy Jack . It is n't cowardly to run away when it is quite useless to stay and fight . So it was n't so cowardly of Happy Jack Squirrel to turn tail and run the instant he caught sight of Shadow the Weasel . No , Sir , it was n't cowardly at all , although it might have looked so to you had you been there to see , for Happy Jack is bigger than Shadow . But when it comes to a fight , Happy Jack is no match at all for Shadow the Weasel , and he knows it . Shadow is too quick for him , and though Happy Jack were ever so brave , he would have no chance at all in a fight with Shadow . And so the very instant he saw the cruel face of Shadow with its fierce red eyes glaring at him from his own doorway , Happy Jack turned tail and ran . Yes , Sir , that is just what he did , and it was the wisest thing he could have done . He hoped with a mighty hope that Shadow would not follow him , but he hoped in vain . Shadow had made up his mind to dine on Squirrel , and he did n't propose to see his dinner run away without trying to catch it . So the instant Happy Jack started , Shadow started after him , stopping only long enough to snarl an ugly threat at Tommy Tit the Chickadee , because Tommy had warned Happy Jack that Shadow was waiting for him . But Tommy did n't mind that threat . Oh , my , no !
Tommy did n't mind it XXXXX all .
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