`` So far , so good , '' muttered Old Man Coyote to himself . `` There is n't any trap just inside that gate , so it will be safe enough for me to follow Reddy in there . I think I 'll wait a bit , however , and see what luck he has in getting into the henhouse . If he catches a chicken he wo n't stop to eat it there . He wo n't dare to . All I need do is to wait right here around the corner , and if he brings a chicken out , I 'll simply tell him to drop it . Then I will have the chicken and will have run no risk . '' You see Old Man Coyote is a very , very clever old sinner . So Old Man Coyote peeked through the wires and watched Reddy Fox , who thought himself so much smarter , steal swiftly across to the henhouse and try that little door . It was closed , but it was n't fastened , as Reddy could tell by poking at it . `` It is just a matter of time and patience , '' muttered Reddy to himself . `` If I keep at it long enough , I can work it open . '' You see Reddy had done that very thing once before a great while ago . So he set himself to work with such patience as he could , and all the time Old Man Coyote watched and wondered what Reddy was doing . He guessed that Reddy was having some trouble , but also he knew from Reddy 's actions that Reddy hoped to get inside that henhouse . Now Reddy had left the henyard gate ajar . If he had pushed it wide open things might have been different . But he did n't push it wide open . He left it only halfway open . By and by there happened along a mischievous little Night Breeze .
There is nothing that a mischievous little XXXXX Breeze enjoys more than making things move .
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