they had left some of that sugar where he could get at it.
He didn't understand these queer doings at all. But he was no
longer afraid.



CHAPTER III: Farmer Brown's Boy Becomes Acquainted

It didn't take Farmer Brown's boy long to discover that Whitefoot
the Wood Mouse was living in the little sugar-house. He caught
glimpses of Whitefoot peeping out at him. Now Farmer Brown's boy
is wise in the ways of the little people of the Green Forest.
Right away he made up his mind to get acquainted with Whitefoot.
He knew that not in all the Green Forest is there a more timid
little fellow than Whitefoot, and he thought it would be a fine thing
to be able to win the confidence of such a shy little chap.

So at first Farmer Brown's boy paid no attention whatever to Whitefoot.
He took care that Whitefoot shouldn't even know that he had been seen.
Every day when he ate his lunch, Farmer Brown's boy scattered
a lot of crumbs close to the pile of wood under which Whitefoot had
made his home. Then he and Farmer Brown would go out
to collect sap. When they returned not a crumb would be left.

One day Farmer Brown's boy scattered some particularly delicious crumbs.
Then, instead of going out, he sat down on a bench and kept
perfectly still. Farmer Brown and Bowser the Hound went out.
Of course Whitefoot heard them go out, and right away he poked his
little head out from under the pile of wood to see if the way was clear.
Farmer Brown's boy sat there right in plain sight, but Whitefoot