`` Chug-a-rum , '' said Grandfather Frog . `` Do I see Bowser the Hound ? '' Every hair on Reddy Fox suddenly fell back into place . He whirled about nervously and anxiously looked over the Green Meadows . Then everybody shouted again and rolled over and over in the grass and held on to their sides , for you see Bowser the Hound was n't there at all . But everybody took good care to keep away from Reddy Fox , everybody but Johnny Chuck . He just sat still and chuckled and chuckled till his fat sides shook . `` What are you laughing at ? '' demanded Reddy Fox . `` I was just thinking , '' said Johnny Chuck , `` that though you can run so fast , you ca n't even catch me . '' Reddy Fox just glared at him for a minute , he was so mad . Then he sprang straight at Johnny Chuck . `` I 'll show you ! '' he snarled . Now Johnny Chuck had been sitting close beside a hole that Grandfather Chuck had dug a long time before and which was empty . In a flash Johnny Chuck disappeared head first in the hole . Now the hole was too small for Reddy Fox to enter , but he was so angry that he straightway began to dig it larger . My , how the sand did fly ! It poured out behind Reddy Fox in a stream of shining yellow . Johnny Chuck ran down the long tunnel underground until he reached the end .
Then when he heard Reddy Fox digging and knew that he was really coming , Johnny XXXXX began to dig , too , only instead of digging down he dug up towards the sunshine and the blue sky .
Bowser Chuck Chug-a-rum Fox Grandfather Meadows everybody first minute place