Then they all raced across the Green Meadows to shake down some more nuts for Striped Chipmunk . VI REDDY FOX , THE BOASTER Johnny Chuck waddled down the Lone Little Path across the Green Meadows . Johnny Chuck was very fat and rolly-poly . His yellow brown coat fitted him so snugly that it seemed as if it must burst . Johnny Chuck was feeling very happy -- very happy indeed , for you see Johnny Chuck long ago found the best thing in the world , which is contentment . Jolly , round , red Mr. Sun , looking down from the sky , smiled and smiled to see Johnny Chuck waddling down the Lone Little Path , for he loved the merry-hearted little fellow , as do all the little meadow people -- all but Reddy Fox , for Reddy Fox has not forgotten the surprise Johnny Chuck once gave him and how he called him a '' ` fraid cat . '' Once in a while Johnny Chuck stopped to brush his coat carefully , for he is very particular about his appearance , is Johnny Chuck . By and by he came to the old butternut tree down by the Smiling Pool . He could see it a long time before he reached it , and up in the top of it he could see Blacky the Crow flapping his wings and cawing at the top of his voice . `` There must be something going on , '' said Johnny Chuck to himself , and began to waddle faster . He looked so very queer when he tried to hurry that jolly round , red Mr. Sun smiled more than ever . When he was almost to the old butter-nut tree Johnny Chuck sat up very straight so that his head came just above the tall meadow grasses beside the Lone Little Path . He could see the Merry Little Breezes dancing and racing under the old butternut tree and having such a good time ! And he could see the long ears of Peter Rabbit standing up straight above the tall meadow grasses . One of the Merry Little Breezes spied Johnny Chuck . `` Hurry up , Johnny Chuck ! '' he shouted , and Johnny Chuck hurried . When he reached the old butternut tree he was all out of breath . He was puffing and blowing and he was so warm that he wished just for a minute , a single little minute , that he could swim like Billy Mink and Jerry Muskrat and Little Joe Otter , so that he could jump into the Smiling Pool and cool off . `` Hello , Johnny Chuck ! ''
shouted Peter XXXXX .
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