The top of it was only about two feet above the ground . Reddy stopped and stood up on his hind legs so as to see if the top of that stump was hollow . It was . With a quick look this way and that way to make sure he was n't seen , he tossed the fat hen over into the hollow and then , with a sigh of relief , darted away . With the weight of that fat hen off his shoulders , and the worry about it off his mind , Reddy could give all his attention to getting rid of Bowser the Hound . He had no intention of running any farther than he must . In the first place he had traveled so far that he did not feel like running . In the second place he wanted to get back to that hollow stump and the fat hen just as soon as possible . It was n't long before Reddy realized that it was not going to be so easy to fool Bowser the Hound . Bowser was too wise to be fooled by common tricks such as breaking the trail by jumping far to one side after running back on his own tracks a little way ; or by running along a fallen tree and jumping from the end of it as far as he could . Of course he tried these tricks , but each time Bowser simply made a big circle with his nose to the ground and picked up Reddy 's new trail . Reddy did n't know that country about there at all , and little by little he began to realize how much this meant . At home he knew every foot of the ground for a long distance in every direction . This made all the difference in the world , because he knew just how to play all kinds of tricks . But here it was different . It seemed to him that all he could do was to run and run . CHAPTER XXXVII FARMER BROWN 'S BOY HAS A GLAD SURPRISE The sweetest sound in the world is the voice of one you love . Bowser the Hound . Farmer Brown 's boy had an errand which took him far from home . He harnessed the horse to a sleigh and started off right after dinner .
Now it happened that his errand took him in the direction of the farm where XXXXX the Hound had been taken such good care of , and where Reddy Fox had that very day caught the fat hen .
BOY BROWN Bowser Reddy feet first right second sleigh stump