Now for the first time in his life Johnny Chuck began to feel just a wee , wee bit discontented . What was there he could do better than any one else ? He could n't jump and he could n't climb and he could n't swim . He could n't even run fast , because he was so fat and round and rolly-poly . He quite forgot that he was so sunny-hearted and good-natured that everybody loved him , everybody but Reddy Fox . Just then Reddy Fox began to boast , for Reddy Fox is a great boaster . `` Pooh ! '' said Reddy Fox , `` pooh ! Anybody could jump if their legs were made for jumping . And what 's the good of climbing trees anyway ? Now I can run faster than anybody here -- faster than anybody in the whole world ! '' said Reddy Fox , puffing himself out . `` Chug-a-rum , '' said Grandfather Frog . `` You ca n't beat Spotty the Turtle . '' Then everyone shouted and rolled over and over in the grass , they were so tickled , for every one remembered how Spotty the Turtle had once won a race from Reddy Fox . For a minute Reddy Fox looked very foolish . Then he lost his temper , which is a very unwise thing to do , for it is hard to find again . He swelled himself out until every hair stood on end and he looked twice as big as he did before . He strutted up and down and glared at each in turn . `` And I 'm not afraid of any living thing on the Green Meadows ! ''
boasted Reddy XXXXX .
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