`` A secret ! '' cried Jimmy Skunk . `` What is it ? '' `` Yes , a secret , a really , truly secret , '' said Johnny Chuck , and looked very important . `` Tell me , Johnny Chuck . Come on , tell just me , and then we 'll have the secret together , '' begged Jimmy Skunk . Now Johnny Chuck was so tickled with his secret that it seemed as if he must share it with some one . He just could n't keep it to himself any longer . `` You wo n't tell any one ? '' said Johnny Chuck . Jimmy Skunk promised that he would n't tell a soul . `` Cross your heart , '' commanded Johnny Chuck . Jimmy Skunk crossed his heart . Then Johnny Chuck looked this way and looked that way to be sure that no one was listening . Finally he whispered in Jimmy Skunk 's ear : `` I 've got a new home under the old apple tree in a corner of the Green Meadows , '' said Johnny Chuck . Of course Jimmy Skunk was very much surprised and very much interested , so Johnny Chuck told him all about it . `` Now , remember , it 's a secret , '' said Johnny Chuck , as Jimmy Skunk started off down the Lone Little Path across the Green Meadows , to look for some beetles . `` I 'll remember , '' said Jimmy Skunk . `` And do n't tell ! '' called Johnny Chuck .
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