But he was doing his best to
call Farmer Brown's boy. You see, there wasn't a single nut on the
window-sill, and the window was closed. Pretty soon Farmer Brown's boy
came to the window and opened it. But he didn't put out any nuts. Tommy
Tit at once flew over to the sill, and to show that he was just as
bold, Happy Jack followed. Looking inside, they saw Farmer Brown's boy
standing in the middle of the room, holding out a dish of nuts and
smiling at them. This was the chance Happy Jack wanted to try the plan
he had thought of the night before.
"I dare you to go way in there and get a nut," said he to Tommy Tit. He
hoped that Tommy would be afraid.
But Tommy wasn't anything of the kind. "Dee, dee, dee! Come on!" he
cried, and flitted over and helped himself to a cracked nut and was back
with it before Happy Jack could make up his mind to jump down inside.
Of course now that he had dared Tommy Tit, and Tommy had taken the dare,
he just had to do it too. It looked a long way in to where Farmer
Brown's boy was standing. Twice he started and turned back.
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