1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. A short 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: message for grown ups. Please consider supporting sleep Tight Stories 3 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: and our mission to bring calming entertainment to children at 4 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: sleep time. In return, you will continue to receive ad 5 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: free stories, extra and exclusive content, shout outs, and more. 6 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: Please visit us at patreon dot com slash sleep tight Stories. 7 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: A link can also be found in our show notes. 8 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Thank you. I'd like to say hello to some friends 9 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: Juniper and Kirie, Connor and Ethan from Hillsborough, California, and 10 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: Laura from Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Thank you so much for 11 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 1: supporting us. This is our final episode about Happy Jack 12 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: the Gray Squirrel. If you have not listened to the 13 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: other episodes, you might enjoy going back and listening to them. 14 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: In this final episode, Jack sees that Farmer Brown's Boy 15 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: has captured Shadow the Weasel in a cage, and he 16 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: is so happy. Jack feels as though nothing can harm 17 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: him now. He is sure Farmer Brown's Boy has done 18 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: this just to keep him safe, and he is so excited. 19 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: Jack has to tell everyone the good news. But what 20 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: will happen to Shadow the Weasel? Will he have to 21 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 1: stay in the cage? Happy Jack? The final episode shadow 22 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: the weasel was a prisoner. He who always had been 23 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: free to go and come as he pleased and to 24 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: do as he pleased, was now in a little narrow 25 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: cage and quite helpless. For once he had been careless, 26 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: and this was the result. Farmer Brown's boy had caught 27 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: him in a trap. Of course, he should have known 28 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: better than to visit the hen house a second time. 29 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: He should have known that Farmer Brown's boy would be 30 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: sure to do something about it. The truth is, he 31 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: had yielded to temptation when common sense had warned him 32 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: not to. So he had no one to blame for 33 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: his present difficulty but himself, and he knew it. At first. 34 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: He had been in a terrible rage and had bitten 35 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: at the wires until he had made his mouth sore. 36 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: When he had made sure that the wires were stronger 37 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: than his teeth, he wisely stopped trying to get out 38 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: in that way, and made up his mind that the 39 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: only thing to do was to watch for a chance 40 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: to slip out if the door of the cage should 41 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: happen to be left unfastened. Of course, it hurt his 42 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: pride terribly to be made fun of by those who 43 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: always had feared him. Happy Jack Squirrel was the first 44 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: one of these to see him. Farmer Brown's boy had 45 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: put the cage down near the foot of the big 46 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: maple tree in which Happy Jack was living, because Shadow 47 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: had driven him out of the green forest. As soon 48 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: as Happy Jack had made sure that Shadow really and 49 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: truly was a prisoner and so quite harmless, he had 50 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: acted as if he were crazy. Perhaps he was crazy 51 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: with joy. You see, he no longer had anything to 52 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: be really afraid of, for there was no one but 53 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: Shadow from whom he could not get away by running 54 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: into his house. Billy Mink was the only other who 55 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: could follow him there, and Billy was not likely to 56 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: come climbing up a tree so close to Farmer Brown's house. 57 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: So Happy Jack raced up and down the tree in 58 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: the very greatest excitement, and his tongue went quite as 59 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: fast as his legs. He wanted everybody to know that 60 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:42,600 Speaker 1: Shadow was a prisoner at last. At first, he did 61 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: not dare to go very close to the cage. You see, 62 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 1: he had so long feared Shadow that he was still 63 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: afraid of him, even though he was so helpless. But 64 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: little by little, Happy Jack grew bolder and came very close. 65 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: Of Course, Happy Jack hastened to tell everybody he met 66 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: all about Shadow, So it wasn't long before Shadow began 67 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: to receive many visitors. Whenever Farmer Brown's Boy was not around, 68 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: there was sure to be one or more of the 69 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: little people who had feared Shadow to come and see him. Somehow, 70 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: it seems as if always it is that way when 71 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: people get into trouble. You know, it is very easy 72 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: to appear to be bold and brave when there is 73 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: nothing to be afraid of. Of course, that isn't bravery 74 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: at all, though many seemed to think it is. Now 75 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: what do you think that right down in their hearts, 76 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: all these little people who came to see Shadow the 77 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: Weasel hoped they would see why they hoped they would 78 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: see Shadow afraid. Yes, sir, that is what they hoped. 79 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: But they didn't, and that is where they were disappointed. 80 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: Not once did Shadow show the least sign of fear. 81 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: He didn't know what Farmer Brown's Boy would do with him, 82 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: and he had every reason to fear that if he 83 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: was not to be kept a prisoner for the rest 84 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: of his natural life, something else would happen. But he 85 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: was too proud and too brave to let anyone know 86 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: that any such fear ever entered his mind. Whatever his faults, 87 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: Shadow is no coward. He boldly took bits of meat 88 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: which Farmer Brown's Boy brought to him, and not once 89 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: appeared in the least afraid, so that much as he 90 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: disliked him, Farmer Brown's Boy actually had to admire him. 91 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: He was a prisoner, but he kept just as stout 92 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: a heart as ever. When the little people of the 93 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: green forest and green meadows who fear Shadow the Weasel, 94 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: found that he was a prisoner, many of them took 95 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: particular pains to visit him when the way was clear, 96 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: just to tell him that they were not afraid of him, 97 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: and that they were glad that he was a prisoner. 98 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: Shadow never said a word in reply. He was too 99 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: wise to do that. He just turned his back on them. 100 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: But all the time he was storing up in his 101 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: mind all these things, and he meant, if ever he 102 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: got free again, to make life very uncomfortable for those 103 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,359 Speaker 1: whose silly tongues were trying to make him more miserable 104 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: than he already felt. But these little people didn't stop 105 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: to think of what might happen They just took it 106 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: for granted that Shadow never again would run wild and 107 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: free in the green forest, and so they'd just let 108 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: their tongues run and enjoyed doing it. Perhaps they wouldn't 109 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: have if they could have known just what was going 110 00:09:53,440 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: on in the mind of Farmer Brown's Boy. Since he 111 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: had found Shadow in the trap which he had set 112 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: for him in the henhouse, Farmer Brown's Boy had been 113 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: puzzling over what he should do with his prisoner. At first, 114 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: he had thought he would keep him in the cage 115 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: the rest of his life. But somehow, whenever he looked 116 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: into Shadow's fierce little eyes and saw how unafraid they looked, 117 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: he got to thinking of how terrible it must be 118 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: to be shut up in a little, narrow cage, when 119 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: one has had all the green forest in which to 120 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: go and come. He remembered that, after all, Shadow was 121 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: one of the old Mother Nature's little people, and that 122 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: he must serve some purpose in Mother Nature's great plan. 123 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: Bad as he seemed, she he must have some use 124 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: for him. Perhaps it was to teach others, through fear 125 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: of him, how to be smarter and take better care 126 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: of themselves, and so be better fitted to do their parts. 127 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: The more he thought of this, the harder it was 128 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: for Farmer Brown's Boy to make up his mind. But 129 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: if he couldn't keep him as a prisoner, what could 130 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: he do. He was scowling down at Shadow one morning 131 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: and puzzling over this when a happy idea came to him. 132 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 1: I know what I'll do, he exclaimed, and without another word, 133 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: he picked up the cage with Shadow in it and 134 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: started off across the green meadows, which now you know 135 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: were not green at all, but covered with snow. Happy 136 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: Jack watched him out of sight. He had gone in 137 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: the direction of the old pasture. He was gone a 138 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: long time, and when he did return, the cage was empty. 139 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: Happy Jack blinked at the empty cage. Then he began 140 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: to ask, in a scolding tone, what did you do 141 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: with him? What did you do with him? Farmer Brown's 142 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 1: Boy just smiled and tossed a nut to Happy Jack, 143 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: and far up in the old pasture, Shadow of the 144 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: Weasel was once more free. It was well for Happy 145 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:57,079 Speaker 1: Jack's peace of mind that he didn't know that taking 146 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 1: things for granted doesn't do at all this world. To 147 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: take a thing for granted is to think that it 148 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: is so without taking the trouble to find out whether 149 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: it is or not. It is apt not only to 150 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: get you yourself into trouble, but to make trouble for 151 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: other people as well. Happy Jack saw Farmer Brown's boy 152 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: carry shadowed the weasel away in a cage, and he 153 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:34,599 Speaker 1: saw him bring back the cage empty. What could he 154 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: have done with Shadow? For a while, he tried to 155 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: get Farmer Brown's boy to tell him, but of course 156 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: Farmer Brown's boy didn't understand Happy Jack's language. Now Happy 157 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: Jack knew just what he would like to believe. He 158 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: would like to believe that Farmer Brown's boy had taken 159 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: Shadow away and that he would never see him again. 160 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: And because he wanted to believe that, it wasn't very 161 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: hard to believe it. There was the empty cage. Of course, 162 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: Farmer Brown's boy wouldn't have gone to the trouble of 163 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: trapping Shadow unless he intended to get rid of him 164 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: for good. He's gotten rid of him, That's what he's done, 165 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: said Happy Jack to himself, because that is what he 166 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: would have done if he had been in Farmer Brown's 167 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: Boy's place. So, having made up his mind that that 168 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: is what had been done with Shadow. He had once 169 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: told all his friends that it was so, and was 170 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: himself supremely happy. You see, he felt that he no 171 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: longer had anything to worry about. Yes, sir, Happy Jack 172 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: was happy. He liked the house Farmer Brown's boy had 173 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: made for him in the big maple tree close by 174 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: his own house. He was sure of plenty to eat 175 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: because Farmer Brown's boy always looked out for that, and 176 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: as a result, Happy Jack was growing fat. None of 177 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: his enemies of the Green Forest dared come so near 178 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: to Farmer Brown's house, and the only one he had 179 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: to watch out for at all was Black Cat. By 180 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: this time, he wasn't afraid of her, not a bit. 181 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: In fact, he rather enjoyed teasing her and getting her 182 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: to chase him. When she was dozing on the doorstep, 183 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: he liked to sneak up very close, wake her up 184 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: with a sharp bark, and then race for the nearest 185 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: tree and there scold her to his heart's content. He 186 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: had made friends with Missus Brown and with Farmer Brown, 187 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: and he even felt almost friends with Bowser the Hound. 188 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes he would climb up on the roof of Bowser's 189 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: little house and drop nutshells on Bowser's head when he 190 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: was asleep. The funny thing was, Bowser never seemed to mind. 191 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: He would lazily open his eyes and wink one of 192 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: them at Happy Jack and thump with his tail. He 193 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: seemed to feel that now Happy Jack was one of 194 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: the family, just as he was. So Happy Jack was 195 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: just as happy as a fat gray squirrel with nothing 196 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: to worry him could be. He was so happy that 197 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: Sammy Jay actually became jealous. You know, Sammy is a 198 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: born trouble maker. He visited Happy Jack every morning, and 199 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: while he helped himself to the good things that he 200 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: always found spread for him, for Farmer Brown's boy always 201 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: had something for the little feathered folk to eat, he 202 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: would hint that such goodness and kindness was not to 203 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: be trusted, and that something was sure to happen. This 204 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: is just the way with some folks. They are always suspicious. 205 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: But nothing that Sammy Jay could say troubled Happy Jack, 206 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: and Sammy would fly away quite put out because he 207 00:17:51,160 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: couldn't spoil Happy Jack's happiness the least little bit. Sammy 208 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: Jay chuckled as he flew across the snow covered green 209 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: meadows on his way to his home in the green forest. 210 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: He chuckled, and he chuckled. To have heard him, you 211 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: would have thought that either he had thought of something 212 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: very pleasant or something very pleasant had happened to him. 213 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 1: Once he turned in the direction of Farmer Brown's house, 214 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: but changed his mind as he saw the black shadows 215 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: creeping out from the purple hills, and once more headed 216 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: for the green forest. Too late to day time, I 217 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: was home now it'll keep until tomorrow, he muttered, and 218 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: then he chuckled, and he was still chuckling when he 219 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: reached the big hemlock tree, among the thick branches of 220 00:18:53,000 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: which he spent each night. Don't know what started me 221 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: off to the old pasture this afternoon, but I'm glad 222 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: I went. My, my, my, but I'm glad I went, 223 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: he said, as he fluffed out his feathers and prepared 224 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: to tuck his head under his wing. It pays to 225 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: snoop around in this world and see what is going on. 226 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: I learned a long time ago not to believe everything 227 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: I hear, and that the surest way to make sure 228 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: of things is to find out for myself, nothing like 229 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: using my own eyes in my own ears. Well, I 230 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: must get to sleep, he began to chuckle again, and 231 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:46,719 Speaker 1: he was still chuckling as he fell asleep. The next morning, 232 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: Sammy Jay was a stir at the very first sign 233 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: of light. He waited just long enough to see that 234 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: every feather was in place, or Sammy is a bit 235 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:02,959 Speaker 1: vain and very particular about his dress. Then he headed 236 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: straight for Farmer Brown's house. Just as he expected, he 237 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: found Happy Jack squirrel was awake or Happy Jack is 238 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: an early riser. Good morning, said Sammy Jay, and tried 239 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: very hard to make his voice sound smooth and pleasant, 240 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: A very hard thing for Sammy to do, for his voice, 241 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: you know, is naturally harsh and unpleasant. You seem to 242 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: be looking as happy as ever. Of course I am, 243 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 1: replied Happy Jack. Why shouldn't I be. I haven't a 244 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: thing to worry about. Of course I'm happy, and I 245 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: hope you're just as happy as I am. I'm going 246 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: to get my breakfast now and then I shall be happier. Still. 247 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: That's so, there's nothing like a good breakfast to make 248 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: one happy, said Sammy Jay, helping himself to some suet 249 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: tied to a branch of the maple tree. By the way, 250 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: I saw an old friend of yours yesterday, he inquired 251 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: after you particularly. He didn't exactly send his love, but 252 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: he said that he hoped you are as well and 253 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: fat as ever, and that he will see you again 254 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: some time. He said that he didn't know of any 255 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: one he likes to look at better than you. Happy 256 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: Jack looked flattered. That was very nice of him, he said, 257 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: Who was it, guess, replied Sammy. Happy Jack scratched his 258 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: head thoughtfully. There were not many friends in winter. Most 259 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: of them were asleep or had gone to the far 260 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: away southland. Peter Rabbit, he ventured. Sammy shook his head. 261 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: Jimmy skunk again. Sammy shook his head. Jumper the hair. 262 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 1: Guess again, said Sammy, chuckling. Little Joe otter Raw replied Sammy, 263 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: I give up. Who was it? Do? Tell me? Begged 264 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: Happy Jack. It was Shadow the weasel, cried Sammy triumphantly. 265 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: Happy Jack dropped the nut he was just going to eat, 266 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: and in place of happiness, something very like fear grew 267 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: and grew in his eyes. Ah, I don't believe you, 268 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: he stammered. Farmer Brown's boy took him away. I saw 269 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: him take him, but you didn't see what he did 270 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: with Shadow, declared Sammy. He took him way up in 271 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: the old pasture and let him go. I saw him 272 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: up there yesterday. That's what comes of guessing at things. 273 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: Shadow is alive and well, well, I must be going. 274 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: I hope you'll enjoy breakfast. And with this off flew 275 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: Sammy Jay. As for Happy Jack, he worried for a 276 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: little while, but as Shadow didn't come and there was 277 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: nothing else to worry about, little by little, happy Jack's 278 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: high spirits returned until he was as happy as ever. 279 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: And that is the end of our story. Good Night, 280 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: sleep tight.