Now Mr. Blacksnake is a great bluffer , while at heart he is really a coward . With a fierce hiss he rushed right at Johnny Chuck , expecting to see him turn tail and run . But Johnny stood his ground and showed all his sharp teeth . Instead of attacking Johnny , Mr. Blacksnake glided past him and sneaked away through the grass . Johnny Chuck chuckled as he crept into the hollow log . `` Only a coward runs away without fighting , '' he murmured sleepily . IX ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK Johnny Chuck awoke just as jolly , round , red Mr. Sun pulled his own nightcap off . At first Johnny could n't think where he was . He blinked and blinked . Then he rolled over . `` Ouch ! '' cried Johnny Chuck . You see he was so stiff and sore from his great fight the day before , that it hurt to roll over . But when he felt the smart of those wounds , he remembered where he was . He was in the old hollow log that he had found on the edge of the Green Meadows just before dark . It was the first time that Johnny had ever slept anywhere , excepting underground , and as he lay blinking his eyes , it seemed very strange and rather nice , too . `` Well , well , well ! What are you doing here ? '' cried a sharp voice . Johnny Chuck looked towards the open end of the old log .
There , peeping in , was a little face XXXXX sharp as the voice .
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