Peter jumped and shivered . He knew that every one else who had heard that bang had jumped and shivered just as he had . It was the season of hunters with terrible guns . It was man who had sent this terrible Spirit of Fear to chill the hearts of the little meadow and forest people at this very time when Old Mother Nature had made all things so beautiful and had intended that they should be happiest and most free from care and worry . It was man who had made the autumn a sad time instead of a glad time , the very saddest time of all the year , when Old Mother Nature had done her best to make it the most beautiful . `` I do n't understand these men creatures , '' said Peter to little Mrs. Peter , as they stared fearfully out from the dear Old Briar-patch . `` They seem to find pleasure , actually find pleasure , in trying to kill us . I do n't understand them at all . They have n't any hearts . That must be the reason ; they have n't any hearts . '' CHAPTER V : Sammy Jay Brings Lightfoot Word Sammy Jay is one of those who believe in the wisdom of the old saying , `` Early to bed and early to rise . '' Sammy needs no alarm clock to get up early in the morning . He is awake as soon as it is light enough to see and wastes no time wishing he could sleep a little longer . His stomach would n't let him if he wanted to . Sammy always wakes up hungry . In this he is no different from all his feathered neighbors . So the minute Sammy gets his eyes open he makes his toilet , for Sammy is very neat , and starts out to hunt for his breakfast . Long ago Sammy discovered that there is no safer time of day to visit the dooryards of those two-legged creatures called men than very early in the morning . On this particular morning he had planned to fly over to Farmer Brown 's dooryard , but at the last minute he changed his mind . Instead , he flew over to the dooryard of another farm .
It was so very early in the morning that XXXXX did n't expect to find anybody stirring , so you can guess how surprised he was when , just as he came in sight of that dooryard , he saw the door of the house open and a man step out .
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