`` Dee , dee , everything is all right , '' said he . `` Bowser the Hound is eating ; his breakfast out back where he ca n't see you at all , and Black Pussy is nowhere about . All you have to do is to follow me over to that big tree close to the house , and I will show you where Farmer Brown 's boy is . '' `` I -- I 'm afraid , '' confessed Happy Jack . `` Pooh ! There 's nothing to be afraid of , '' asserted Tommy Tit in the most positive way . `` Do n't be a coward . Remember how Farmer Brown 's boy saved you from Shadow the Weasel . Come on ! Dee , dee , dee , come on ! '' With that Tommy flew across to the tree close by the house . Happy Jack scrambled up on the old stone wall and looked this way and looked that way . He could n't see a thing to be afraid of . He jumped down and ran a few steps . Then his heart failed , and he scampered back to the old stone wall in a panic . After a few minutes he tried again , and once more a foolish fear sent him back . The third time he gritted his teeth , said to himself over and over , `` I will ! I will ! I will ! '' and ran with all his might .
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