Mr. and Mrs. Quack were getting very near to where Reddy was waiting for them . The hunter was tempted to get up and frighten those Ducks . He did n't want Reddy Fox to have them , because he hoped some day to get them himself . `` I suppose , '' thought he , `` I was foolish not to shoot them when I had the chance . They are too far away now , and it looks very much as if that red rascal will get one of them . I believe I 'll spoil that red scamp 's plans by frightening them away . I do n't believe that Deer will be back here to-day anyway , so I may as well save those Ducks . '' But the hunter did nothing of the kind . You see , just as he was getting ready to step out from his hiding-place , Sammy Jay arrived . He perched in a tree close to the end of Paddy 's dam and at once he spied Reddy Fox . It did n't take him a second to discover what Reddy was hiding there for . `` Thief , thief , thief ! '' screamed Sammy , and then looked down at Reddy with a mischievous look in his sharp eyes . There is nothing Sammy Jay delights in more than in upsetting the plans of Reddy Fox . At the sound of Sammy 's voice , Mr. and Mrs. Quack swam hurriedly towards the middle of the pond . They knew exactly what that warning meant . Reddy Fox looked up at Sammy Jay and snarled angrily . Then , knowing it was useless to hide longer , he bounded away through the Green Forest to hunt elsewhere . CHAPTER XVIII : The Hunter Loses His Temper The hunter , hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver , chuckled silently . That is to say , he laughed without making any sound .
The hunter thought the warning of Mr. and Mrs. Quack by Sammy Jay was a great joke on XXXXX .
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