was all about. He was in too much of a hurry to close that gate,
and afterwards he forgot all about it or else he thought it didn't
matter. Of course, I didn't let him get so much as a glimpse of
me."

"Of course," said Reddy.



CHAPTER XXIV: A Midnight Visit

By those who win 't is well agreed
He'll try and try who would succeed.
- Old Granny Fox.

It seemed to Reddy Fox as if time never had dragged so slowly as it
did this particular night while he and Granny Fox waited until Granny
thought it safe to visit Farmer Brown's henhouse and see if by any
chance there was a way of getting into it. Reddy tried not to hope
too much. Granny had found a way to get the gate to the henyard
left open, but this would do them no good unless there was some way
of getting into the house, and this he very much doubted. But if
there was a way he wanted to know it, and he was impatient to start.

But Granny was in no hurry. Not that she wasn't just as hungry for a
fat hen as was Reddy, but she was too wise and clever and altogether
too sly to run any risks.

"There is nothing gained by being in too much of a hurry, Reddy,"
said she, "and often a great deal is lost in that way. A fat hen