home. Now, Reddy Fox got as big a surprise as Johnny had had when
Reddy pulled his tail. Johnny didn't stop to think that Reddy Fox
was twice as big as he, but with his eyes snapping, and
chattering as only a little Chuck can chatter, with every little
hair on his little body standing right up on end, so that he
seemed twice as big as he really was, he started for Reddy Fox.

It surprised Reddy Fox so that he didn't know what to do, and he
simply ran. Johnny Chuck ran after him, nipping Reddy's heels
every minute or two. Peter Rabbit just happened to be down that
way. He was sitting up very straight looking to see what mischief
he could get into when he caught sight of Reddy Fox running as
hard as ever he could. "It must be that Bowser, the hound, is
after Reddy Fox," said Peter Rabbit to himself. "I must watch out
that he doesn't find me."

Just then he caught sight of Johnny Chuck with every little hair
standing up on end and running after Reddy Fox as fast as his
short legs could go.

"Ho! ho! ho!" shouted Peter Rabbit. "Reddy Fox afraid of Johnny
Chuck! Ho! ho! Ho!"

Then Peter Rabbit scampered away to find Jimmy Skunk and Bobby
Coon and Happy Jack Squirrel to tell them all about how Reddy Fox
had run away from Johnny Chuck, for you see they were all a
little afraid of Reddy Fox.

Straight home ran Reddy Fox as fast as he could go, and going
home he passed the house of Johnny Chuck. Now Johnny couldn't run