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 --> 00:00:21,480 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 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: Thank you. I'd like to start by saying hello to 9 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: some friends. Hello to Roslynd from Amsterdam, Hello to Rowan 10 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: and River, Hello to Stirling and Julian, and hello to 11 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: the Saint Peter family. Thank you so much for supporting 12 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: us on Patreon. This is part five of our story 13 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: about Happy Jack. If you have not listened to the 14 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: other four episodes, you might want to go back and 15 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: listen to them. In this episode, Jack is worried about 16 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: Farmer Brown's boy. He and Tommy t had seen that 17 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: there was something wrong with him. Tommy T tapped on 18 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: the window of his room after he saw him lying down. 19 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: Tommy then hurried back to where Jack was waiting to 20 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: let him know what he had seen. Jack decides in 21 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: this episode he needs to go and see for himself. 22 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: He's very worried and scared. But he needs to know 23 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: Happy Jack. Part five. Happy Jack's squirrel hadn't slept very well. 24 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: He had had bad dreams. Ever, so many times in 25 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: the night he had woken up a very unusual thing 26 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: for Happy Jack. The fact is he had something on 27 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: his mind. Yes, Happy Jack had something on his mind, 28 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: and that something was Farmer Brown's Boy. He often had 29 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: had Farmer Brown's Boy on his mind mind before, but 30 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: in a different way then it had been in the 31 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: days when Farmer Brown's Boy roamed through the green forest 32 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 1: and over the green meadows looking for animals. Then everybody 33 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: had Farmer Brown's Boy on their minds most of the time, 34 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: and some of them were afraid of him. But Happy 35 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: Jack no longer feared him. Love had taken the place 36 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: of fear in his heart, for had not Farmer Brown's 37 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: Boy saved him from Shadow the Weasel and brought him 38 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: nuts and corn when food was scarce. And now Tommy 39 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: t had brought word that something was the matter with 40 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: Farmer Brown's Boy. It was this that was on Happy 41 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: Jack's mind and had given him such a bad night. 42 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: As soon as it was daylight, Happy Jack scrambled out 43 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: of bed to look for Tommy Ta he didn't have 44 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: long to wait for. Tommy is quite as early a 45 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: riser as Happy Jack. D d jigadee. I hope you 46 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: feel as well as me, saying Tommy merrily, as he 47 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: flitted over to where Happy Jack was looking for his breakfast. 48 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: The very sound of Tommy's voice made Happy Jack feel better. 49 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: One must feel very badly indeed, not to be a 50 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: little more cheerful when Tommy t is about the fact 51 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: is Tommy t packs about so much good cheer in 52 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: that small person of his, that no can be downhearted 53 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: when he is about. Hello, Tommy, said Happy Jack. If 54 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: I could make other people feel as good as you do, 55 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 1: do you know what I would do? What asked Tommy, 56 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: I'd go straight up to Farmer Brown's house and try 57 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: to cheer up Farmer Brown's boy replied Happy Jack, That's 58 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: the very thing I have in mind, chuckled Tommy. I've 59 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: come over here to see if you won't go along 60 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: with me. I've been up to his house so often 61 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: that he won't think half so much of a visit 62 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: from me as he will from you. Will you do it? 63 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: Happy Jack looked a little startled. You see. He never 64 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: had been over to Farmer Brown's house, and somehow he 65 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: couldn't get over the idea that it would be a 66 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: very dangerous thing to do. Ah ah, do you really 67 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: suppose I could, he asked. I'm sure of it, replied 68 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: Tommy T. There's no one to be afraid of but 69 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,799 Speaker 1: the black cat and Bowser the hound, and it's easy 70 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: enough to keep out of their way. You can hide 71 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: in the old stone wall until the way is clear, 72 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: and then run across to the big maple tree close 73 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: to the house. Then you can look right in and 74 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: see Farmer Brown's boy, and he can look out and 75 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: see you. Will you do it? Happy Jack thought very 76 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: hard for a few minutes. Then he made up his mind. 77 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: I'll do it, he said, in a very decided tone 78 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: of voice. Let's start right away. Good for you, d 79 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: D good for you, cried Tommy T, and started to 80 00:06:53,839 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: lead the way. Great things were happening to Happy Jack Squirrel. 81 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: He was actually on his way to Farmer Brown's house, 82 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: and he had a feeling that other things were likely 83 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: to happen when he got there. Now, you may not 84 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: think that it was anything very great that Happy Jack 85 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: should be on his way to Farmer Brown's house. Very 86 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: likely you were saying, ah, that's nothing. This may be true, 87 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: and then again it may not. Suppose you do a 88 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: little Supposing suppose you had all your life been terribly 89 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: afraid of a great giant much larger than you. Suppose 90 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: that great giant had stopped scaring you, and by little 91 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: deeds of kindness had at last won your love. Suppose 92 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: you learned that something was the matter with him, and 93 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: you may made up your mind to visit him at 94 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: his great castle, where there were other great giants whom 95 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: you did not know. Wouldn't you think that great things 96 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: were happening to you? Well, that is exactly the way 97 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,679 Speaker 1: it was with Happy Jack Squirrel as he and Tommy 98 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: T started to go over to Farmer Brown's house to 99 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: look for Farmer Brown's boy. Tommy T had been there often, 100 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: so he didn't think anything about it. But Happy Jack 101 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: never had been there, and if the truth were known, 102 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: his heart was going pitapat, pitapat with excitement and perhaps 103 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: just a little fear. Through the old orchard they went, 104 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: Tommy T flitting ahead and keeping a sharp watch for danger. 105 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: When they reached the old stone wall on the edge 106 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: of Farmer Brown's dooryard. Tommy told Happy Jack to hide 107 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: there while he went to see if the way was clear. 108 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: He was back in a few minutes. Deedy, everything is 109 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: all right, he said, Bowser. The hound is eating his 110 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: breakfast out back where he can't see you at all, 111 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: and the black cat is nowhere to be seen. All 112 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: you have to do is to follow me over to 113 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: that big tree close to the house, and I will 114 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: show you where Farmer Brown's boy is. Ah, I'm afraid, 115 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: confessed Happy Jack. Ah, there's nothing to be afraid of, 116 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: asserted Tommy, t in the most positive way. Don't worry. 117 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: Remember how Farmer Brown's boy saved you from Shadow the weasel. 118 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: Come on, d D D come on. And with that, 119 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: Tommy flew across to the tree close by the house. 120 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: Happy Jack scrambled up on the old stone wall and 121 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,480 Speaker 1: looked this way and looked that way. He couldn't see 122 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: a thing to be afraid of. He jumped down and 123 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: ran a few steps. Then his heart failed and he 124 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: scampered back to the old stone wall in a panic. 125 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: After a few minutes, he tried again, and once more 126 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: fear sent him back. The third time, he gritted his 127 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: teeth and said to himself over and over, I will, 128 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: I will, I will, and ran with all his might. 129 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: In no time at all, he was across the dooryard 130 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:56,479 Speaker 1: and up in the big tree, his heart pounding with excitement. 131 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: D de Dey called Tommy. T Happy Jack looked over 132 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: to the house, and there sat Tommy on a window sill, 133 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 1: helping himself to the most delicious looking cracked nuts. The 134 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: sight of them made Happy Jack's mouth water. A long 135 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: branch hung down over the window and almost touched the sill. 136 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: Happy Jack ventured halfway and stopped. Somehow, it seemed very 137 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: dangerous to go so close to that window. Come on, 138 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: come on, what are you afraid of? Called Tommy. With 139 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: a quick little run and jump, he was on the sill, 140 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: and a second later he was staring in at all 141 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: the strange things inside. At first he didn't see anything 142 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: a Farmer Brown's boy, but in a few minutes he 143 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: made him out. He was lying down, all covered over 144 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: except his head. There was something the matter with him. 145 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: Happy Jack didn't need to be told that, and a 146 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: great sadness filled his heart. He wanted to do something 147 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: for Farmer Brown's boy. All the way home, from his 148 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: visit to Farmer Brown's house, Happy Jack Squirrel puzzled and 149 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: wondered over what he had seen. He had peeped in 150 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: at a window and seen Farmer Brown's boy lying all 151 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: covered up, with only his head showing. Happy Jack couldn't 152 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: see very well, but somehow that head didn't look just right. 153 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: One thing ashore, and that was there was something wrong 154 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: with Farmer Brown's boy. He never would have been lying 155 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: still like that if there hadn't been. Happy Jack had 156 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: been so troubled by what he saw that he had 157 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: hardly tasted the nuts he had found on the window sill. 158 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: I am going to make him another call tomorrow, he said, 159 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: when he and Tommy t were once back in the 160 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: green forest. Of course, replied Tommy, I expected you would. 161 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: I will be around for you at the same time. 162 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: You're not afraid any more to go up there, are you? 163 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: N No, replied Happy Jack slowly. The truth is he 164 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: was still a little afraid. It seemed to him a 165 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: terribly venturesome thing to cross that open dooryard, but having 166 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: done at once in safety, he knew that it would 167 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 1: be easier the next time. And it was the next 168 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: morning he and Tommy T went just as before, and 169 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: this time Happy Jack scampered across the dooryard the very 170 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: first time he tried. They found things just as they 171 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: had been the day before. They saw Farmer Brown's boy, 172 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: but he didn't see them. Tommy T. Was just going 173 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: to tap on the window to let him know they 174 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: were there, when a door inside opened and in walked 175 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: Missus Brown. It frightened them so that Tommy T flew 176 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: away without tasting a single nut, and Happy Jack nearly 177 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: fell as he scrambled back into the tree close by 178 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: the window. You see, they had never made her acquaintance, 179 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: and having her walk in so suddenly frightened them terribly. 180 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: They didn't stop to think that there was nothing to 181 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: fear because there was a window between them. Somehow, they 182 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: couldn't understand that strange stuff that they could see through 183 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: but would shut them out. If they had seen Missus 184 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: Brown go to the window and put more cracked nuts 185 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: on the sill, perhaps they would have been less afraid, 186 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: but they had been too badly frightened to look back, 187 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: and so they didn't know anything about that. The next morning, 188 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: Tommy T was on hand as usual, but he found 189 00:15:56,280 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: Happy Jack a little doubtful about paying another visit. He 190 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: wasn't wholly over his scare of the day before. It 191 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: took him some time to make up his mind to go, 192 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: but finally he did this time. When they reached the 193 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: tree close by the house, they found a great surprise 194 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: awaiting them. Farmer Brown's Boy was sitting just inside the window, 195 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: looking out. At least they thought it was Farmer Brown's boy, 196 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: but when they got a little nearer, they weren't sure 197 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: it looked like Farmer Brown's boy. And yet it didn't. 198 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: His cheeks stuck way out, just as striped chipmunks do 199 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: when he has them stuffed full of corn or nuts. 200 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: Happy Jack stared at him very hard. My goodness, I 201 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: didn't know he carried his food that way, he exclaimed. 202 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: I should think it would be dreadfully uncomfortable. If Farmer 203 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: Brown's boy could have heard that, he certainly would have 204 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: tried to laugh. And if he had, well, it was 205 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: bad enough. When he tried to smile at the sight 206 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: of Tommy T and Happy Jack, he didn't smile at all, 207 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: but made up an awful face instead and clapped both 208 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: hands to his cheeks. Happy Jack and Tommy T didn't 209 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: know what to make of it, And it was some 210 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 1: time before they made up their minds that it really 211 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: was Farmer Brown's boy and that they had nothing to fear. 212 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 1: But when they finally ventured onto the sill, and as 213 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: they helped themselves to nuts, saw the smile in his eyes, 214 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: though he did not smile with his mouth at all, 215 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: they knew that it was he and that he was 216 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:17,679 Speaker 1: glad they had called. Then they were glad too, But 217 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: what was the matter with Farmer Brown's boy? Happy Jack 218 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: puzzled over it all the rest of the day and 219 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: then gave up. Every day, Happy Jack visited the windowsill 220 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: of Farmer Brown's house to call on Farmer Brown's Boy, 221 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: who was always waiting for him just inside the window. 222 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: In fact, Happy Jack had got into the habit of 223 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: getting his breakfast there, for there was always fat, delicious 224 00:18:55,520 --> 00:19:00,159 Speaker 1: nuts on the windowsill, and it was much easier and 225 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: more comfortable to breakfast there than to hunt up his 226 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 1: own hidden supplies and perhaps have to dig down through 227 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: the snow to get them. Most people are just like 228 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: Happy Jack. They do the easiest thing. Each day, Farmer 229 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: Brown's Boy looked more and more like himself, His cheeks 230 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: stuck out less and less, and finally did not stick 231 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: out at all. And now he smiled at Happy Jack 232 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: with his mouth as well as with his eyes, you know, 233 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: when his cheeks had stuck out, so he couldn't smile 234 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 1: at all except with his eyes. Happy Jack didn't know 235 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: what had been the matter with Farmer Brown's boy, but 236 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: whatever it was, he was better now, and that made 237 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: him Happy Jack feel better. One morning, he got a 238 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: surprise when he ran out along the branch of the 239 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,160 Speaker 1: tree that led to the window sill. He suddenly discovered 240 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: something wrong. There were no knots on the sill. More 241 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: than this, there was something very suspicious looking about the window. 242 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: It didn't look just right. The truth was it was 243 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: partly open. But Happy Jack didn't understand this, not then anyway. 244 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: He stopped short and scolded, the way he has when 245 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: things don't suit him. Farmer Brown's boy came to the 246 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: window and called to him. Then he put a hand out, 247 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,479 Speaker 1: and in it were some of the fattest nuts Happy 248 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: Jack had ever seen. His mouth watered right away. There 249 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 1: might be something wrong with the window, but certainly the 250 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: sill was all right. It would do no harm to 251 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: go that far, so Happy Jack nimbly jumped across to 252 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: the window sill. Farmer Brown's Boy's hand with the fat 253 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,639 Speaker 1: nuts was still there, and Happy Jack lost no time 254 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: in getting one. Then he sat up on the sill 255 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: to eat it. My but it was good. It was 256 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: just as good as it had looked. Happy Jack's eyes 257 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: twinkled as he ate it. When he had finished that nut, 258 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: he wanted another, but now Farmer Brown's Boy had drawn 259 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: his hand inside the window. He was still holding it 260 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,880 Speaker 1: out with the nuts in it. But to get them, 261 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:16,239 Speaker 1: Happy Jack must go inside, and he couldn't get it 262 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: out of his head that that was a very dangerous 263 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: thing to do. What if that window should be closed 264 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: while he was in there, then he would be a prisoner. 265 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: So he sat up and begged. He knew that Farmer 266 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: Brown's boy knew what he wanted, but Farmer Brown's Boy 267 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:46,199 Speaker 1: kept his hand just where it was. Come on, he said, 268 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: you ought to know me well enough by this time 269 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: to know that I won't hurt you or let any 270 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: harm come to you. Hurry up, because I can't stand 271 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: here all day. You see, I'd just got over the mumps, 272 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: and if I should catch a cold, I might be 273 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 1: sick again. Come along now and show how brave you are. 274 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: Of course, Happy Jack couldn't understand what the boy had said. 275 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: If he could have, he might have guessed that it 276 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: was the mumps that had made Farmer Brown's boy look 277 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 1: so like striped chipmunk when he has his cheeks stuffed 278 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: with nuts. But if he couldn't understand what Farmer Brown's 279 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 1: Boy said, he had no difficulty in understanding that if 280 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 1: he wanted those nuts, he would have to go after them. 281 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: So at last he gathered up his courage and put 282 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: his head inside. Nothing happened, so he went wholly in 283 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: and sat on the inside sill. Then, by reaching out 284 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: as far as he could without tumbling off, he managed 285 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: to get one of those nuts, and as soon as 286 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: he had it he dodged outside to eat it. Farmer 287 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: Brown's Boy laughed, and putting the rest of the nuts outside, 288 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: he closed the window. Happy Jack ate his fill and 289 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: then scampered back to the green forest. He felt all 290 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: puffed up with pride. He felt that he had been very, 291 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: very bold, and he was anxious to tell Tommy t 292 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: who had not been with him that morning, how bold 293 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: he had been. Ah, that's nothing, replied Tommy when he 294 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: heard about it. I've done that all Sten. That is 295 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: the end of this episode. Good Night, sleep tight.