Truth to tell , he does n't worry about himself very often . You see , Sammy is smart , and he knows he is smart . Under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the Green Forest . Sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself . But Sammy Jay was worrying now . He was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer . Yes , Sir , Sammy Jay was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer . For two days he had been unable to find Lightfoot or any trace of Lightfoot . But he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns . It seemed to him that they were everywhere in the Green Forest . Sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing Lightfoot the Deer . Sammy knew all of Lightfoot 's hiding-places . He visited every one of them . Lightfoot was n't to be found , and no one whom Sammy met had seen Lightfoot for two days . Sammy felt badly . You see , he was very fond of Lightfoot . You remember it was Sammy who warned Lightfoot of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began . Ever since the hunting season had opened , Sammy had done his best to make trouble for the hunters . Whenever he had found one of them he had screamed at the top of his voice to warn every one within hearing just where that hunter was . Once a hunter had lost his temper and shot at Sammy , but Sammy had suspected that something of the kind might happen , and he had taken care to keep just out of reach .
XXXXX had known all about the chasing of Lightfoot by the hounds .
Forest Jay Lightfoot Sammy Sir Whenever days hiding-places morning trace