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 Brown 's boy in the morning . CHAPTER XVI WHY REDDY WENT WITHOUT A CHICKEN DINNER A dinner is far better lost Than eaten at too great a cost . Bowser the Hound . Can you imagine Reddy Fox with a chicken dinner right before him and not touching it ?
Well , that is just what happened in Farmer XXXXX 's henhouse .
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