There were no nuts on the sill! More than this there was something very
suspicious looking about the window. It didn't look just right. The
truth is it was partly open, but Happy Jack didn't understand this, not
then, anyway. He stopped short and scolded, a way he has when things
don't suit him. Farmer Brown's boy came to the window and called to him.
Then he thrust a hand out, and in it were some of the fattest nuts Happy
Jack ever had seen. His mouth watered right away. There might be
something wrong with the window, but certainly the sill was all right.
It would do no harm to go that far.
So Happy Jack nimbly jumped across to the window-sill. Farmer Brown's
boy's hand with the fat nuts was still there, and Happy Jack lost no
time in getting one. Then he sat up on the sill to eat it. My, but it
was good! It was just as good as it had looked. Happy Jack's eyes
twinkled as he ate. When he had finished that nut, he wanted another.
But now Farmer Brown's boy had drawn his hand inside the window. He was
still holding it out with the nuts in it, but to get them Happy Jack
must go inside, and he couldn't get it out of his head that that was a
very dangerous thing to do.
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