Reddy Fox just glared at him for a minute , he was so mad . Then he sprang straight at Johnny Chuck . `` I 'll show you ! '' he snarled . Now Johnny Chuck had been sitting close beside a hole that Grandfather Chuck had dug a long time before and which was empty . In a flash Johnny Chuck disappeared head first in the hole . Now the hole was too small for Reddy Fox to enter , but he was so angry that he straightway began to dig it larger . My , how the sand did fly ! It poured out behind Reddy Fox in a stream of shining yellow . Johnny Chuck ran down the long tunnel underground until he reached the end . Then when he heard Reddy Fox digging and knew that he was really coming , Johnny Chuck began to dig , too , only instead of digging down he dug up towards the sunshine and the blue sky . My , how his short legs did fly and his stout little claws dug into the soft earth ! His little forepaws flew so fast that if you had been there you could hardly have seen them at all . And with his strong hind legs he kicked the sand right back into the face of Reddy Fox . All the little meadow people gathered around the hole where Johnny Chuck and Reddy Fox had disappeared . They were very anxious , very anxious indeed . Would Reddy Fox catch Johnny Chuck ? And what would he do to him ? Was all their fun to end in something terrible to sunny-hearted , merry Johnny Chuck , whom everybody loved ? All of a sudden , pop !
right out of the solid earth among the daisies and buttercups , just like a jack-in-the-box , came Johnny XXXXX !
Chuck Fox face first minute right sky stout stream sunshine