It wo n't do , Reddy ; it wo n't do . You ca n't afford to have the least little thing seem wrong in this henhouse . What you have got to do is to swallow your appetite and keep quiet in the darkest corner you can find , '' So Reddy Fox spent the rest of the night curled up in the darkest corner , partly behind a box . All the time his nose was filled with the smell of fat hens . Every little while a hen who was being crowded too much on the roost would stir uneasily and protest in a sleepy voice . Just think of what Reddy suffered . Just think how you would feel to be very , very hungry and have right within reach the one thing you like best in all the world to eat and then not dare touch it . Some foolish folks in Reddy 's place would have eaten that dinner and trusted to luck to get out of trouble later . But Reddy was far too wise to do anything of that kind . Doing as Reddy did that night is called exercising self-restraint . Everybody should be able to do it . But it sometimes seems as if very many people can not do it . Anyway , they do n't do it , and because they do n't do it they are forever getting into trouble . Reddy knew when morning came , although the henhouse was still dark . Somehow or other hens always know just when jolly , round , red Mr. Sun kicks his blankets off and begins his daily climb up in the blue , blue sky . The big rooster on the topmost perch stretched his long neck , flapped his wings , and crowed at the top of his voice . Reddy shivered . `` It wo n't be long now before Farmer Brown 's boy comes , '' thought he . CHAPTER XVII FARMER BROWN 'S BOY DROPS A PAN OF CORN Who when surprised keeps calm and cool Is one most difficult to fool . Bowser the Hound .
In his lifetime Reddy Fox has spent many anxious moments , but none more anxious than those in which he waited for Farmer Brown 's boy to open the henhouse and feed the biddies on this particular XXXXX .
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