Then by reaching out as far as he could without
tumbling off, he managed to get one of those nuts, and as soon as he had
it, he dodged outside to eat it.
Farmer Brown's boy laughed, and putting the rest of the nuts outside,
he closed the window. Happy Jack ate his fill and then scampered back to
the Green Forest. He felt all puffed up with pride. He felt that he had
been very, very bold, and he was anxious to tell Tommy Tit the
Chickadee, who had not been with him that morning, how bold he had been.
"Pooh, that's nothing!" replied Tommy, when he had heard about it. "I've
done that often."
CHAPTER XXII
HAPPY JACK DARES TOMMY TIT
A wise philosopher is he
Who takes things as they chance to be,
And in them sees that which is best
While trying to forget the rest.
_Happy Jack._
Somehow Happy Jack's day had been spoiled. He knew that he had no
business to allow it to be spoiled, but it was, just the same. You see,
he had been all puffed up with pride because he thought himself a very
bold fellow because he had really been inside Farmer Brown's house.
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