He had hardly begun , however , when some one just above him said : `` Good morning , Johnny Chuck . '' Johnny Chuck looked up and there in the old apple tree sat Blacky the Crow and his cousin , Sammy Jay . Just then there was a rustle in the grass and out popped Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter and Jerry Muskrat and Happy Jack Squirrel and Striped Chipmunk and Bobby Coon . When Johnny Chuck had recovered from his surprise and looked over to the doorway of his new home there sat Reddy Fox on Johnny Chuck 's precious new mound . It seemed as if all the little meadow people were there , all but Jimmy Skunk , who wisely stayed away . `` We 've come to see your new home , '' said Striped Chipmunk , `` and we think it 's the nicest home we 've seen for a long time . '' `` It 's so nicely hidden away , it 's really quite secret , '' said Reddy Fox , grinning wickedly . Just then up raced the Merry Little Breezes and one of them had a message for Johnny Chuck from Great-Grandfather Frog . It was this : `` Whisper a secret to a friend and you shout it in the ear of the whole world . '' After every one had admired the new home , they said good-bye and scattered over the Green Meadows . Then Johnny Chuck began to dig again , but this time he was n't making his new back door . No indeed ! Johnny Chuck was digging at that new mound of yellow gravel of which he had been so proud . Jolly , round , red Mr. Sun blinked to be sure that he saw aright , for Johnny Chuck was filling up his new home between the roots of the old apple tree . When he got through , there was n't any new home . Then Johnny Chuck brushed his coat carefully , shook the sand out of his trousers , wiped his hands and started off for his old home . And this time he did n't take his special hidden path , for Johnny Chuck did n't care who saw him go . Late that afternoon , Johnny Chuck sat on his old doorstep , with his chin in his hands , watching Old Mother West Wind gathering her Merry Little Breezes into the big bag in which she carries them to their home behind the Purple Hills . '' ` Whisper a secret to a friend and you shout it in the ear of the whole world . ' Now what did Grandfather Frog mean by that ? ''
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