It makes one cross and ugly , and it drives one 's friends away . And being always selfish and always wanting more , One 's very apt to lose the things that one has had before . '' `` Pooh ! '' said Bobby Coon . `` Have you just found that out ? I learned that a long time ago . '' CHAPTER XIII HAPPY JACK GETS A WARNING It matters not how smart you are , So be it you are heedless too . It is n't what you know that counts So much as what it is to you . Happy Jack . A fat Gray Squirrel is very tempting to a number of people in the Green Forest , particularly in winter , when getting a living is hard work . Almost every day Reddy and Granny Fox stole softly through that part of the Green Forest where Happy Jack Squirrel lived , hoping to surprise and catch him on the ground . But they never did . Roughleg the Hawk and Hooty the Owl wasted a great deal of time , sitting around near Happy Jack 's home , hoping to catch him when he was not watching , but they never did . Happy Jack knew all about these big hungry neighbors , and he was always on the watch for them . He knew their ways and just where they would be likely to hide . He took the greatest care to look into every such hiding place near at hand before he ventured down out of the trees , and because these hungry neighbors are so big , he never had any trouble in seeing them if they happened to be around . So Happy Jack did n't do much worrying about them . The fact is , Happy Jack was n't afraid of them at all , for the simple reason that he knew they could n't follow him into his hollow tree . Having nuts stored away , he would have been perfectly happy but for one thing . Yes , Sir , there was only one thing to spoil Happy Jack 's complete happiness , and that was the fear that Shadow the Weasel might take it into his head to pay him a visit .
Shadow can go XXXXX a smaller hole than Happy Jack can , and so Happy Jack knew that while he was wholly safe from his other enemies , he was n't safe at all from Shadow the Weasel .
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