Jimmy Skunk was quite contented with the eggs he had stolen from old Gray Goose -- that is , he was until he saw the plump chicken Reddy Fox had brought from Farmer Brown 's dooryard . Then suddenly his stomach became very empty , very empty indeed for chicken , and Jimmy Skunk began to think of a way to add the chicken of Reddy Fox to his own stolen eggs . Because Reddy Fox is the largest he was given the place of honor at the head of the table under the Lone Pine . On his right sat Little Joe Otter and on his left Jerry Muskrat . Shadow the Weasel was next to Little Joe Otter , while right across from him was Jimmy Skunk . Peter Rabbit was next , sitting opposite his cousin , Jumper the Hare . At the extreme end , facing Reddy Fox , sat Billy Mink , with the plump duck right under his sharp little nose . Boomer the Nighthawk excused himself on the plea that he needed exercise to aid digestion , and as he had brought nothing to the feast , his excuse was politely accepted . Reddy Fox is very , very cunning , and his crafty brain had been busily working out a plan to get all these good things for himself . `` Little brothers of the Green Meadows , '' began Reddy Fox , `` we have met here to-night for a feast of brotherly love . '' Reddy Fox paused a moment to look hungrily at Billy Mink 's duck . Billy Mink cast a longing eye at Little Joe Otter 's trout , while Jimmy Skunk stole an envious glance at Reddy Fox 's chicken . `` But there is one missing to make our joy complete , '' continued Reddy Fox . `` Who has seen Bobby Coon ? '' No one had seen Bobby Coon . Somehow happy-go-lucky Bobby Coon had been overlooked when the invitations were sent out . `` I move , '' continued Reddy Fox , `` that because Billy Mink runs swiftly , and because he knows where Bobby Coon usually is to be found , he be appointed a committee of one to find Bobby Coon and bring him to the feast . '' Now nothing could have been less to the liking of Billy Mink , but there was nothing for him to do but to yield as gracefully as he could and go in search of Bobby Coon . No sooner had Billy Mink disappeared down the Lone Little Path than Reddy Fox recalled a nest of grouse eggs he had seen that day under a big hemlock , and he proposed that inasmuch as Jimmy Skunk already wore stripes for having stolen a nest of eggs from Mrs. Grouse , he was just the one to go steal these eggs and bring them to the feast . Of course there was nothing for Jimmy Skunk to do but to yield as gracefully as he could and go in search of the nest of eggs under the big hemlock .
No sooner had Jimmy XXXXX started off than Reddy Fox remembered a big shining sucker Farmer Brown 's boy had caught that afternoon and tossed among the rushes beside the Smiling Pool .
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