`` Now how under the sun did that rascal get in here ? '' Then , as he realized that Reddy had actually been inside the henhouse , anxiety for the biddies swept over him . Hastily he turned , fully expecting to see either the bodies of two or three hens on the floor , or scattered feathers to show that Reddy had enjoyed a midnight feast . There were no feathers , and so far as he could see , all the hens were standing or walking about . At once Farmer Brown 's boy began to count them . Of course , he knew exactly how many there should be . When he got through counting , not one was missing . Farmer Brown 's boy was puzzled . He counted them again . Then he counted them a third time . He began to think there must be something wrong with his counting . After the fourth count , however , he was forced to believe that not a single one was missing . If Reddy Fox had been relieved when he discovered that henyard gate open , Farmer Brown 's boy was equally relieved when he found that not a single biddie had been taken . When two people are relieved at the same time , it is called mutual relief . But there was this difference between Reddy Fox and Farmer Brown 's boy : Reddy knew all about what had happened , and Farmer Brown 's boy could n't even guess . He went all around that henhouse , trying to find a way by which Reddy Fox had managed to get in . Of course , he discovered that the little sliding door where the biddies go in and out of the henhouse was open . He guessed that this was the way by which Reddy had entered . But this did n't explain matters at all . He knew that the gate had been latched when he entered the henyard that morning .
How had Reddy managed to get into that XXXXX with that gate closed ?
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