Sun
His nightcap has a chance to doff,
And have my day's work well begun
When others kick their bedclothes off."
"What are you filling your storehouse with?" asked Happy Jack, trying
not to show too much interest.
"Corn, nice ripe yellow corn, and seeds and acorns and chestnuts,"
answered Striped Chipmunk. "And now I'm looking for some big, fat
hickory nuts," he added, and his bright eyes twinkled. "Have you seen
any, Happy Jack?"
Happy Jack said that he hadn't seen any, and Striped Chipmunk remarked
that he couldn't waste any more time talking, and scurried away. Happy
Jack watched him go, a puzzled little frown puckering up his brows.
"I believe he knows something about those nuts. I think I'll follow him
and have a peep into his storehouse," he muttered.
CHAPTER VI
HAPPY JACK SPIES ON STRIPED CHIPMUNK
It's more important to mind your own affairs than to know what your
neighbors are doing, but not nearly so interesting.
_Happy Jack._
Striped Chipmunk was whisking about among the brown-and-yellow leaves
that covered the ground on the edge of the Green Forest.
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