So , to Reddy 's way of thinking , things could n't possibly have been worse . But after a while , having nothing else to do , Reddy began to think . Now it is surprising how thinking will change matters . One of the first thoughts that came to Reddy was that he might have been caught in a trap , -- one of those cruel traps that close like a pair of jaws and sometimes break the bones of the foot or leg , and from which there is no escape . Right away Reddy realized that to have been so caught would have been much worse than being a prisoner in Farmer Brown 's henyard . This made him feel just a wee , wee bit better , and he began to do some more thinking . For a long time his thinking did n't help him in the least . At last , however , he remembered the chicken dinner he had felt so sure he was going to enjoy . The thought of the chicken dinner reminded him that inside the henhouse it was dark . He had been inside that henhouse before , and he knew that there were boxes in there . If he were inside the henhouse , it might be , it just might possibly be , that he could hide when Farmer Brown 's boy came in the morning . So once more Reddy went to work at that little sliding door where the hens ran in and out during the day . He already had found out that it was n't fastened , and he felt sure that with patience he could open it . So he worked away and worked away , until at last there was a little crack . He got his claws in the little crack and pulled and pulled . The little crack became a little wider . By and by it was wide enough for him to get his whole paw in . Then it became wide enough for him to get his head half in . After this , all he had to do was to force himself through , for as he pushed and shoved , the little door opened . He was inside at last !
There was a chance , just a forlorn chance , that he might be able to escape the notice of Farmer XXXXX 's boy in the morning .
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