I 'm going to move , '' replied Johnny Chuck . Now he really had n't thought of moving until that very minute . And he did n't know why he had said it . But he had said it , and because he is an obstinate little fellow he stuck to it . `` When can I move in ? '' asked Jimmy Skunk , his eyes twinkling . `` Right away , if you want to , '' replied Johnny Chuck , and swaggered off down the Lone Little Path , leaving Jimmy Skunk to stare after him as if he thought Johnny Chuck had suddenly gone crazy , as indeed he did . VI JOHNNY CHUCK TURNS TRAMP Johnny Chuck had turned tramp . Yes , Sir , Johnny Chuck had turned tramp . It was a funny thing to do , but he had done it . He did n't know why he had done it , excepting that he had become dissatisfied and discontented and unhappy in his old home . And then , almost without thinking what he was doing , he had told Jimmy Skunk that he could have the house he had worked so hard to build the summer before and of which he had been so proud . Then Johnny Chuck had swaggered away down the Lone Little Path without once looking back at the home he was leaving . Where was he going ? Well , to tell the truth , Johnny did n't know . He was going to see the world , and perhaps when he had seen the world , he would build him a new house . So as long as he was in sight of Jimmy Skunk , he swaggered along quite as if he was used to traveling about , without any snug house to go to at night . But right down in his heart Johnny Chuck did n't feel half so bold as he pretended . You see , not since he was a little Chuck and had run away from old Mother Chuck with Peter Rabbit , had he ever been very far from his own door-step . He had always been content to grow fat and roly-poly right near his own home , and listen to the tales of the great world from Jimmy Skunk and Peter Rabbit and Bobby Coon and Unc ' Billy Possum , all of whom are great travelers .
But now , here he was , actually setting forth , and without a home to come back XXXXX !
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