It was Shadow the Weasel . `` So that pesky Weasel has been after you again , and you came to me for help , '' said he gently , as he coaxed Happy Jack to come to him . `` This is the place to come to every time . Poor little chap , you 're all of a tremble . I guess I know how you feel when a Weasel is after you . I guess you feel just as I felt when I dreamed that that monster was after me . My , but you certainly did give me a scare when you touched my face ! '' He gently stroked Happy Jack as he talked , and Happy Jack let him . `` Breakfast ! '' called a voice from downstairs . `` Coming ! '' replied Farmer Brown 's boy as he put Happy Jack on the table by a dish of nuts and began to scramble into his clothes . CHAPTER XXVII HAPPY JACK IS AFRAID TO GO HOME Safety first is the best rule to insure a long life . Happy Jack . Happy Jack did n't dare go home . Can you think of anything more dreadful than to be afraid to go to your own home ? Why , home is the dearest place in the world , and it should be the safest . Just think how you would feel if you should be away from home , and then you should learn that it would n't be safe for you to go back there again , and you had no other place to go . It often happens that way with the little people of the Green Meadows and the Green Forest . It was that way with Happy Jack Squirrel now .
You see , Happy Jack knew that Shadow the Weasel is not one XXXXX give up easily .
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