He yelped and whined and barked . He nearly knocked Farmer Brown 's boy down by leaping up on him . He raced around in circles . When at last he was still long enough , Farmer Brown 's boy just threw his arms around him and hugged him . He hugged him so hard he made Bowser squeal . Then two of the happiest folks in all the Great World started back across the snow-covered fields to the sleigh . Bowser and Farmer Brown 's boy were not the only ones who rejoiced . Reddy Fox had been badly worried . Although he had tried every trick he could think of , he had not been able to get rid of Bowser , and he had just about made up his mind that there was nothing for it but to start back to the Old Pasture which was so far away . That would mean giving up the fat hen which he had hidden in the hollow stump . Of course , Reddy knew the instant that Bowser began to yelp and bark that something had happened . What it was he could n't imagine . He sat down to wait and listen . Then he heard the voice of Farmer Brown 's boy . Reddy knew that voice and he grinned , for he felt sure that Bowser would give up the hunt . He grinned because now he would have a chance to go back for that fat hen . At the same time that grin was not wholly a happy grin , because Reddy knew that now Bowser would return to his home . Presently Reddy very carefully crept back to a place where he could see what was going on . He watched Farmer Brown 's boy start back for the road and the sleigh , with Bowser jumping up on him and racing around him like a foolish young puppy . He waited only long enough to make sure that Bowser would not come back ; then he turned and trotted swiftly along his own back trail towards that hollow stump into which he had tossed that fat hen .
XXXXX 's thoughts were very pleasant thoughts , for they were all of the fine dinner of which he now felt sure .
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