The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
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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. It is enough to make any one lose his temper. Happy Jack Squirrel lost his. |
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