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 that Sammy Jay actually became jealous . You know Sammy is a born trouble maker . He visited Happy Jack every morning , and while he helped himself to the good things that he always found spread for him , for Farmer Brown 's boy always had something for the little feathered folk to eat , he would hint darkly that such goodness and kindness was not to be trusted , and that something was sure to happen . That is just the way with some folks ; they always are suspicious . But nothing that Sammy Jay could say troubled Happy Jack ; and Sammy would fly away quite put out because he could n't spoil Happy Jack 's happiness the least little bit . CHAPTER XXXIII SAMMY JAY UPSETS HAPPY JACK A good deed well done often is overlooked , but you never are allowed to forget a mistake . Happy Jack . Sammy Jay chuckled as he flew across the snow-covered Green Meadows on his way to his home in the Green Forest . He chuckled and he chuckled . To have heard him you would have thought that either he had thought of something very pleasant , or something very pleasant had happened to him .
Once he turned in the direction of Farmer Brown 's house , but changed his mind as he saw the Black Shadows creeping out from the Purple Hills , and once more headed XXXXX the Green Forest .
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