Happy Jack and Farmer Brown 's boy were getting to be greater friends than ever . Every morning Happy Jack jumped over to the window-sill and then in at the open window of the room of Farmer Brown 's boy . There he was sure to find a good breakfast of fat hickory nuts . When Farmer Brown 's boy overslept , as he did sometimes , Happy Jack would jump up on the bed and waken him . He thought this great fun . So did Farmer Brown 's boy , though sometimes when he was very sleepy he pretended to scold , especially on Sunday mornings when he did not have to get up as early as on other days . Of course , Black Pussy had soon discovered that Happy Jack was living in the big maple tree , and she spent a great deal of time sitting at the foot of it and glaring up at him with a hungry look in her eyes , although she was n't hungry at all , for she had plenty to eat . Several times she climbed up in the tree and tried to catch him . At first he had been afraid , but he soon found out that Black Pussy was not at all at home in a tree as he was . After that , he rather enjoyed having her try to catch him . It was almost like a game . It was great fun to scold at her and let her get very near him and then , just as she was sure that she was going to catch him , to jump out of her reach . After a while she was content to sit at the foot of the tree and just glare at him . Happy Jack had only one worry now , and this did n't trouble him a great deal . It was possible that Shadow the Weasel might take it into his head to try to surprise him some night . Happy Jack knew that by this time Shadow must know where he was living , for of course Sammy Jay had found out , and Sammy is one of those who tells all he knows . Still , being so close to Farmer Brown 's boy gave Happy Jack a very comfortable feeling . Now all this time Farmer Brown 's boy had not forgotten Shadow the Weasel and how he had driven Happy Jack out of the Green Forest , and he had wondered a great many times if it would n't be a kindness to the other little people if he should trap Shadow and put him out of the way . But you know he had given up trapping , and somehow he did n't like to think of setting a trap , even for such a mischief-maker as Shadow . Then something happened that made Farmer Brown 's boy very , very angry .
One morning , when he went to feed the biddies , he found XXXXX Shadow had visited the henhouse in the night and killed three of his best pullets .
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