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 Night Breeze enjoys more than making things move . This mischievous little Night Breeze found that that gate would swing , so it blew against that gate and blew and blew until suddenly , with a sharp little click , the gate closed and the spring latch snapped into place . Reddy Fox was a prisoner ! CHAPTER XIV THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE You 'll find ` twill often come about That he who 's in fain would be out . Bowser the Hound . It certainly is queer what a difference there is between being inside and outside . Sometimes happiness is inside and sometimes it is outside . Sometimes the one who is inside wishes with all his might that he were outside , and sometimes the one who is outside would give anything in the world to be inside . Just take the case of Reddy Fox . He had stolen inside of Farmer Brown 's henyard , leaving the gate halfway open . He had set himself to work to open the little sliding door through which in the daytime the hens passed in and out of the henhouse . As he worked he had been filled with great contentment and joy . He knew that Bowser the Hound had disappeared . He felt sure that there was nothing to fear , and he fully expected to dine that night on chicken .
Then along came a mischievous little XXXXX Breeze and swung that gate shut .
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