"
He scampered over to another hollow tree standing near. He scampered
up the tree as only Happy Jack can and whisked in at the open doorway
of the hollow. Now Happy Jack had been in that hollow tree so often
that he didn't once think of looking to see where he was going, and he
landed plump on something that was soft and warm! Happy Jack was so
surprised that he didn't know what to do for a second. And then all in
a flash that something soft and warm was full of sharp claws and
sharper teeth, and an angry growling tilled the hollow tree.
Happy Jack was so frightened that he scrambled out as fast as he
could. When he was safely outside, he grew very angry to think that
any one should be in his storehouse, even if it was an old one. He
could hear a very angry voice inside, and in a minute who should
appear at the doorway but Unc' Billy Possum.
Unc' Billy had been waked out of a sound sleep, and that was enough
to make any one cross. Besides, he had been badly frightened, and that
made him crosser still.
"What do yo' mean by trying to frighten honest people?" snapped Unc'
Billy, when he caught sight of Happy Jack.
"What do you mean by stealing into other folk's houses?" demanded
Happy Jack, just as angrily.
XXIV
HAPPY JACK SQUIRREL HELPS UNC' BILLY POSSUM
It is very startling, very startling indeed, to rush into your own
storehouse, which you had supposed was empty, and run right into some
one sleeping there as if he owned it.
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