By and by something else crawled out of the hole Johnny Chuck had made . Could it be Reddy Fox ? Where were his white waistcoat and beautiful red coat ? And was that thing dragging behind him his splendid tail ? He crept out of the hole and then just lay down and panted for breath . He was almost too tired to move . Then he began to spit sand out of his mouth and blow it out of his nose and try to wipe it out of his eyes . The long hair of his fine coat was filled full of sand and no one would ever have guessed that this was Reddy Fox . `` Haw ! haw ! haw ! '' shouted Blacky the Crow . Then everybody shouted `` Haw ! haw ! haw ! '' and began to roll in the grass and hold on to their sides once more ; everybody but Reddy Fox . When he could get his breath he did n't look this way or that way , but just sneaked off to his home under the big hickory . -LSB- Illustration : Then everybody shouted `` Haw ! haw ! haw ! '' -RSB-
And when Old Mother West Wind came with her big bag to take the Merry Little Breezes to their home behind the Purple Hills , Johnny XXXXX waddled back up the Lone Little Path chuckling to himself , for that little feeling of discontent was all gone .
Blacky Chuck Fox Illustration blow breath home something tail way