CHAPTER IX HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL 'S SAD MISTAKE A Squirrel always is thrifty . Be as wise as a Squirrel . Happy Jack . `` Let me go ! Let me go ! '' yelled Happy Jack , as he backed out of the hollow stump faster than he had gone in , a great deal faster . Can you guess why ? I 'll tell you . It was because he was being pulled out . Yes , Sir , Happy Jack Squirrel was being pulled out by his big , bushy tail . Happy Jack was more frightened than hurt . To be sure , it is not at all comfortable to have one 's tail pulled , but Happy Jack would n't have minded this so much had it not been so unexpected , or if he could have seen who was pulling it . And then , right inside Happy Jack did n't feel a bit good . Why ? Well , because he was doing a dreadful thing , and he knew that it was a dreadful thing . He had broken into somebody 's storehouse to steal . He was sure that it was Striped Chipmunk 's storehouse , and he would n't admit to himself that he was going to steal , actually steal . But all the time , right down deep in his heart , he knew that if he took any of those hickory nuts it would be stealing . But Happy Jack had been careless . When he had made the doorway big enough for him to crawl inside , he had left his tail hanging outside .
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