Striped Chipmunk, and Striped Chipmunk told Danny Meadow Mouse.
Danny Meadow Mouse told Johnny Chuck; Johnny Chuck told Peter
Rabbit; Peter Rabbit told Jumper the Hare; Jumper the Hare told
Prickly Porky; Prickly Porky told Bobby Coon; Bobby Coon told
Billy Mink; Billy Mink told Little Joe Otter; Little Joe Otter
told Jerry Muskrat, and Jerry Muskrat told Grandfather Frog. And
everybody hastened to hide from Farmer Brown's boy and his
terrible gun.

By and by Farmer Brown's boy noticed how still it was in the
Green Forest. Nowhere did he see or hear a bird. Nowhere could he
catch a glimpse of anybody who wore fur.

"That fox must have scared away all the other animals and driven
away all the birds. I'll get him! See if I don't!" muttered
Farmer Brown's boy, and never once guessed that they were hiding
from him.



XX. Old Granny Fox Makes a Mistake

Old Granny Fox was running through the overgrown old pasture, way
up back of Farmer Brown's. She was cross and tired and hot, for
it was a very warm day. Behind her came Bowser the Hound, his
nose in Granny s tracks, and making a great noise with his big
voice. Granny Fox was cross because she was tired. She hadn't
done much running lately. She didn't mind running when the
weather was cold, but now--"Oh dear, it is hot!" sighed old
Granny Fox, as she stopped a minute to rest.