She was such a timid little thing herself that the least little thing frightened her , and Johnny Chuck was glad that this was so , for it gave him a chance to protect her . When he was n't with her , he spent his time looking for new patches of sweet clover to take her to . At first she would n't go without a great deal of coaxing , but after a while he did n't have to coax at all . She seemed to delight to be with him as much as he did to be with her . So Johnny Chuck grew happier and happier . He was happier than he had ever been in all his life before . You see Johnny Chuck had found the greatest thing in the world . Do you know what it is ? It is called love . XII JOHNNY CHUCK PROVES HIS LOVE These spring days were beautiful days on the Green Meadows . It seemed to Johnny Chuck that the Green Meadows never had been so lovely or the songs of the birds so sweet . He had forgotten all about his old friends , Jimmy Skunk and Peter Rabbit and the other little meadow people . You see , he could n't think of anybody but Polly Chuck , and he did n't want to be with anybody but Polly Chuck . He had even forgotten that he had started out to see the world . He did n't care anything more about the world . All he wanted was to be where Polly Chuck was . Then he was perfectly happy . That was because Johnny Chuck had found the greatest thing in the world , which is love . But Johnny still had one great wish , the wish that he might show Polly Chuck just how brave and strong he was and how well he could take care of her . One morning they were feasting in a patch of sweet clover over near an old stone wall .
It was the same stone wall XXXXX which Johnny Chuck had escaped from old Whitetail the Marshhawk , when Johnny was a very little fellow .
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