Johnny Chuck felt perfectly able to take care of himself . But there was Polly Chuck ! He was terribly afraid that something might happen to Polly Chuck . You see she was not big and strong like him , and then Polly Chuck was apt to be careless . So for a while Johnny Chuck worried a great deal . But Reddy Fox did n't come again in daytime . You see Bowser the Hound had given him such a scare that he did n't dare to . He sometimes came at night and sniffed hungrily at Johnny Chuck 's doorway , but Johnny and Polly were safe inside , and this did n't trouble them a bit . And Farmer Brown 's boy seemed to have forgotten all about the new house . So after a while Johnny Chuck stopped worrying so much . The fact is Johnny Chuck had something else to think about . He had a secret . Yes , Sir , Johnny Chuck had a secret . Sammy Jay came up to the old orchard almost every morning . His sharp eyes were not long in finding out that Johnny Chuck had a secret , but try as he would he could not find out what that secret was . Whatever it was , it made Johnny Chuck very happy . He would come out on his doorstep and smile and sometimes give a funny little whistle of pure joy . It puzzled Sammy Jay a great deal . He could n't see why Johnny Chuck should be any happier than he ever was . To be sure it was a happy time of year .
Everybody was happy , XXXXX it was spring-time , and the Green Forest and the Green Meadows , even the Old Pasture , were very lovely .
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