`` 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 . In no time at all he was across the dooryard and up in the big tree , his heart pounding with excitement . `` Dee , dee , dee , '' called Tommy Tit . Happy Jack looked over to the house , and there sat Tommy on a window-sill , helping himself to the most delicious-looking cracked nuts . The sight of them made Happy Jack 's mouth water . A long branch hung down over the window and almost touched the sill . Happy Jack ventured half way and stopped .
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