And because he wanted to believe that , it was n't very hard to believe it . There was the empty cage . Of course Farmer Brown 's boy would n't have gone to the trouble of trapping Shadow unless he intended to get rid of him for good . `` He 's made an end of him , that 's what he 's done ! '' said Happy Jack to himself , because that is what he would have done if he had been in Farmer Brown 's boy 's place . So having made up his mind that this is what had been done with Shadow , he at once told all his friends that it was so , and was himself supremely happy . You see , he felt that he no longer had anything to worry about . Yes , Sir , Happy Jack was happy . He liked the house Farmer Brown 's boy had made for him in the big maple tree close by his own house . He was sure of plenty to eat , because Farmer Brown 's boy always looked out for that , and as a result Happy Jack was growing fat . None of his enemies of the Green Forest dared come so near to Farmer Brown 's house , and the only one he had to watch out for at all was Black Pussy . By this time he was n't afraid of her ; not a bit . In fact , he rather enjoyed teasing her and getting her to chase him . When she was dozing on the doorstep he liked to steal very close , wake her with a sharp bark , and then race for the nearest tree , and there scold her to his heart 's content . He had made friends with Mrs. Brown and with Farmer Brown , and he even felt almost friends with Bowser the Hound . Sometimes he would climb up on the roof of Bowser 's little house and drop nutshells on Bowser 's head when he was asleep . The funny thing was Bowser never seemed to mind . He would lazily open his eyes and wink one of them at Happy Jack and thump with his tail . He seemed to feel that now Happy Jack was one of the family , just as he was . So Happy Jack was just as happy as a fat Gray Squirrel with nothing to worry him could be .
He was so happy XXXXX Sammy Jay actually became jealous .
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