He hopped down from the old stone wall and scampered over to the doorway of his new house , and there he began to chatter . Sammy Jay stretched his neck until it ached , trying to hear what Johnny Chuck was saying , but he could n't because Johnny 's head was inside his doorway . Pretty soon Johnny Chuck backed out and sat up , and he looked very proud and important . Then Sammy Jay saw something that nearly took his breath away . It was the head of Polly Chuck peeping out of the doorway . It was the first time that he had seen Polly Chuck . `` Why , '' gasped Sammy Jay , `` it must be that Johnny Chuck has a mate , and I did n't know a thing about it ! So that 's his secret and the reason he has appeared so proud lately ! '' Polly Chuck came out on the doorstep . She looked just as proud as Johnny Chuck , and at the same time she seemed terribly anxious . She sat up beside Johnny Chuck , and she looked this way and that way , just as Johnny had . Then she put her head in at the doorway and began to call in the softest voice . In a minute Sammy Jay saw something more . It surprised him so that he nearly lost his balance . It was another head peeping out of the doorway , a head just like Johnny Chuck 's , only it was a teeny-weeny one . Then there was another and another ! Polly kept talking and talking in the softest voice , while Johnny Chuck swelled himself up until he looked as if he would burst with pride . Sammy Jay understood now why Johnny Chuck had been so proud for the last few days . It was because he had a family ! Sammy looked down at the three little Chucks sitting on the doorstep , trying to sit up the way Johnny Chuck sat , and they looked so funny that Sammy forgot himself and laughed right out loud .
In a flash the three little Chucks and Polly Chuck had disappeared XXXXX the house , while Johnny Chuck looked up angrily .
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