exclaimed Happy Jack . `` Do n't go in there , Happy Jack ! '' cried Tommy Tit . `` Shadow the Weasel is in there waiting for you ! '' Happy Jack turned quite pale . `` Are you sure ? '' he gasped . Tommy Tit nodded as if he would nod his head off . `` 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 XXXXX him , and though Happy Jack were ever so brave , he would have no chance at all in a fight with Shadow .
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