Sitting in the top of the apple-tree , Sammy could see Farmer Brown 's boy starting for the old orchard , with Bowser the Hound running ahead of him . Farmer Brown 's boy had no gun , so Sammy knew that no harm would come to Reddy , but that Reddy would get a dreadful scare ; and that is what Sammy wanted , just out of pure mischief . So he screamed louder than ever . Reddy Fox lost his temper . He sat up and called Sammy Jay all the bad names he could think of . He forgot where he was . He told Sammy Jay what he thought of him and what he would do to him if ever he caught him . Sammy Jay kept right on screaming . He made such a noise that Reddy did n't hear footsteps coming nearer and nearer . Suddenly there was a great roar right behind him . `` Bow , wow , wow ! Bow , wow , wow , wow ! '' -- just like that . Reddy was so frightened that he did n't even look to see where he was jumping , and bumped his head against the apple-tree . Then he started for the Green Forest , with Bowser the Hound at his heels . Sammy Jay laughed till he lost his breath and nearly tumbled off his perch . Then he flew away , still laughing . He thought it the greatest joke ever . Farmer Brown 's boy had followed Bowser the Hound into the old orchard . `` I wonder what a fox was doing up here in broad daylight , '' said he , talking to himself .
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