He was still holding it out with the nuts in it , but to get them Happy Jack must go inside , and he could n't get it out of his head that that was a very dangerous thing to do . What if that window should be closed while he was in there ? Then he would be a prisoner . So he sat up and begged . He knew that Farmer Brown 's boy knew what he wanted . But Farmer Brown 's boy kept his hand just where it was . `` Come on , you little rascal , '' said he . `` You ought to know me well enough by this time to know that I wo n't hurt you or let any harm come to you . Hurry up , because I ca n't stand here all day . You see , I 've just got over the mumps , and if I should catch cold I might be sick again . Come along now , and show how brave you are . '' Of course Happy Jack could n't understand what he said . If he could have , he might have guessed that it was the mumps that had made Farmer Brown 's boy look so like Striped Chipmunk when he has his cheeks stuffed with nuts . But if he could n't understand what Farmer Brown 's boy said , he had no difficulty in understanding that if he wanted those nuts he would have to go after them . So at last he screwed up his courage and put his head inside . Nothing happened , so he went wholly in and sat on the inside sill . Then by reaching out as far as he could without tumbling off , he managed to get one of those nuts , and as soon as he had it , he dodged outside to eat it . Farmer Brown 's boy laughed , and putting the rest of the nuts outside , he closed the window . Happy Jack ate his fill and then scampered back to the Green Forest . He felt all puffed up with pride .
He felt that he had been very , very bold , and he was anxious XXXXX tell Tommy Tit the Chickadee , who had not been with him that morning , how bold he had been .
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