But they never did. Roughleg the Hawk and
Hooty the Owl wasted a great deal of time, sitting around near Happy
Jack's home, hoping to catch him when he was not watching, but they
never did.
Happy Jack knew all about these big hungry neighbors, and he was always
on the watch for them. He knew their ways and just where they would be
likely to hide. He took the greatest care to look into every such hiding
place near at hand before he ventured down out of the trees, and because
these hungry neighbors are so big, he never had any trouble in seeing
them if they happened to be around. So Happy Jack didn't do much
worrying about them. The fact is, Happy Jack wasn't afraid of them at
all, for the simple reason that he knew they couldn't follow him into
his hollow tree.
Having nuts stored away, he would have been perfectly happy but for one
thing. Yes, Sir, there was only one thing to spoil Happy Jack's complete
happiness, and that was the fear that Shadow the Weasel might take it
into his head to pay him a visit. Shadow can go through a smaller hole
than Happy Jack can, and so Happy Jack knew that while he was wholly
safe from his other enemies, he wasn't safe at all from Shadow the
Weasel.
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