You see , he knew that Johnny Chuck had some sort of a secret which filled Johnny with very great pride ; but what it was Sammy Jay could n't even guess , and nothing troubles Sammy Jay quite so much as the feeling that he can not find out the secrets of other people . So he sat very , very still among the apple blossoms and waited and watched . By and by Johnny Chuck appeared on his doorstep . He seemed very much excited , did Johnny Chuck . He sat up very straight and looked this way and looked that way . He looked up in the apple-trees , and Sammy Jay held his breath , for fear that Johnny would see him . But Sammy was so well hidden that , bright as Johnny Chuck 's eyes are , they failed to see him . Then Johnny Chuck actually climbed up on the old stone wall so as to see better , and he sat there a long time , looking and looking . Sammy Jay grew impatient . `` He seems to be terribly watchful this morning . I never knew him to be so watchful before . I do n't understand it , '' muttered Sammy to himself . After a while Johnny Chuck seemed quite satisfied that there was no one about . He hopped down from the old stone wall and scampered over to the doorway of his new house , and there he began to chatter . Sammy Jay stretched his neck until it ached , trying to hear what Johnny Chuck was saying , but he could n't because Johnny 's head was inside his doorway . Pretty soon Johnny Chuck backed out and sat up , and he looked very proud and important . Then Sammy Jay saw something that nearly took his breath away . It was the head of Polly Chuck peeping out of the doorway . It was the first time that he had seen Polly Chuck . `` Why , '' gasped Sammy Jay , `` it must be that Johnny Chuck has a mate , and I did n't know a thing about it !
XXXXX that 's his secret and the reason he has appeared so proud lately ! ''
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