Reddy Fox was very pleased with himself as he thought how much smarter he was than Old Man Coyote . He did n't waste any time in pushing open the henyard gate . It did n't enter his head that there might be a trap inside . He was so eager to find out if the little door where in daytime the hens ran in and out of the henhouse was open , that he jumped inside the henyard just as soon as the gate was pushed open wide enough for him to enter . Old Man Coyote , watching from his hiding place , saw Reddy push the gate open and enter the henyard . `` 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 XXXXX had left the henyard gate ajar .
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