He knew that any minute of night or day Shadow might surprise him there , and that would be the end of him . He more than half suspected that Shadow was at that very time hiding somewhere along the way ready to spring out on him if he should try to go back home . He had stayed in the room of Farmer Brown 's boy until Mrs. Brown had come to make the bed . Then he had jumped out the window into the big maple tree . He was n't quite sure of Mrs. Brown yet . She had kindly eyes . They were just like the eyes of Farmer Brown 's boy . But he did n't feel really acquainted yet , and he felt safer outside than inside the room while she was there . `` Oh dear , oh dear ! What shall I do ? I have no home , and so To keep me warm and snug and safe I have no place to go ! '' Happy Jack said this over and over as he sat in the maple tree , trying to decide what was to be done . `` I wonder what ails that Squirrel . He seems to be doing a lot of scolding , '' said Mrs. Brown , as she looked out of the window . And that shows how easy it is to misunderstand people when we do n't know all about their affairs . Mrs. Brown thought that Happy Jack was scolding , when all the time he was just frightened and worried and wondering where he could go and what he could do to feel safe from Shadow the Weasel . Because he did n't dare to go back to the Green Forest , he spent most of the day in the big maple tree close to Farmer Brown 's house . The window had been closed , so he could n't go inside . He looked at it longingly a great many times during the day , hoping that he would find it open . But he did n't .
You see , it was opened only at night when Farmer Brown 's boy went XXXXX bed , so that he would have plenty of fresh air all night .
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