You see he had not forgotten that Sammy Jay had found out his secret , and he had n't the least doubt in the world that Sammy Jay would tell Reddy Fox . So , from the first thing in the morning until the very last thing at night , Johnny Chuck was on the watch for danger . And all the time , though Johnny did n't know it , a pair of sharp eyes were watching him from a snug hiding-place in one of the old apple - trees . Whose were they ? Why , Sammy Jay 's , to be sure . You see , Sammy Jay had n't told Johnny Chuck 's great secret , after all . XXIII THE SCHOOL IN THE OLD ORCHARD Little Foxes , little Chucks , Little Squirrels , Mice and Mink , Just like little boys and girls , Go to school to learn to think . You did n't know that , did you ? Well , it 's a fact . Yes , Sir , it 's a fact . All the babies born in the Green Forest or on the Green Meadows or around the Smiling Pool have to go to school just as soon as they are big enough to leave their own doorsteps . They go to the greatest school in the world , and it is called the School of Experience . Old Mother Nature has charge of it , but the teachers usually are father and mother for the first few weeks , anyway . After that Old Mother Nature herself gives them a few lessons , and a very stern teacher she is . They just HAVE to learn her lessons . If they do n't , something dreadful is almost sure to happen . Of course Sammy Jay knew all this , because he had had to go to school when he was a little fellow . So Sammy was not much surprised when , from his snug hiding-place in one of the old apple-trees , he discovered that there was a school in Farmer Brown 's old orchard . Johnny Chuck was the teacher and his three baby Chucks were the pupils . Sammy Jay was so interested in that funny little school in the old orchard that he quite forgot to think about mischief .
The very first lesson XXXXX the three little Chucks had to learn was obedience .
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