Bobby Coon went on down to the Laughing Brook . There he met Billy Mink and told him about the new home Johnny Chuck had made under the old apple tree in a corner of the Green Meadows . Pretty soon Billy Mink met Little Joe Otter and told him . Then Little Joe Otter met Jerry Muskrat and told him . Jerry Muskrat saw Blacky the Crow and told him , and Great-Grandfather Frog heard him . Blacky the Crow met his first cousin , Sammy Jay , and told him . Sammy Jay met Happy Jack Squirrel and told him . Happy Jack met his cousin , Striped Chipmunk , and told him . Striped Chipmunk passed the house of old Mr. Toad and told him . The next morning , very early , before Old Mother West Wind had come down from the Purple Hills , Johnny Chuck stole over to his new home to begin work on his new back door . He had hardly begun to dig when he heard some one cough right behind him . He whirled around and there sat Peter Rabbit looking as innocent and surprised as if he had really just discovered the new home for the first time . `` What a splendid new home you have , Johnny Chuck ! '' said Peter Rabbit . `` Y -- e -- s , '' said Johnny Chuck , slowly . `` It 's a secret , '' he added suddenly . `` You wo n't tell , will you , Peter Rabbit ? '' Peter Rabbit promised that he would n't tell . Then Johnny Chuck felt better and went back to work as soon as Peter Rabbit left . He had hardly begun , however , when some one just above him said : `` Good morning , Johnny Chuck . ''
Johnny XXXXX looked up and there in the old apple tree sat Blacky the Crow and his cousin , Sammy Jay .
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