Long ago Sammy discovered that there is no safer time of day to visit the dooryards of those two-legged creatures called men than very early in the morning . On this particular morning he had planned to fly over to Farmer Brown 's dooryard , but at the last minute he changed his mind . Instead , he flew over to the dooryard of another farm . It was so very early in the morning that Sammy did n't expect to find anybody stirring , so you can guess how surprised he was when , just as he came in sight of that dooryard , he saw the door of the house open and a man step out . Sammy stopped on the top of the nearest tree . `` Now what is that man doing up as early as this ? '' muttered Sammy . Then he caught sight of something under the man 's arm . He did n't have to look twice to know what it was . It was a gun ! Yes , sir , it was a gun , a terrible gun . `` Ha ! '' exclaimed Sammy , and quite forgot that his stomach was empty . `` Now who can that fellow be after so early in the morning ? I wonder if he is going to the dear Old Briar-patch to look for Peter Rabbit , or if he is going to the Old Pasture in search of Reddy Fox , or if it is Mr. and Mrs. Grouse he hopes to kill . I think I 'll sit right here and watch . '' So Sammy sat in the top of the tree and watched the hunter with the terrible gun . He saw him head straight for the Green Forest . `` It 's Mr. and Mrs. Grouse after all , I guess , '' thought Sammy . `` If I knew just where they were I 'd go over and warn them . ''
But XXXXX did n't know just where they were and he knew that it might take him a long time to find them , so he once more began to think of breakfast and then , right then , another thought popped into his head .
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