Reddy 's mouth watered at the very thought . `` Then I 'll take one home to Mrs. Reddy . If there is time we both will come back for a couple more . '' So Reddy made pleasant plans as he approached Farmer Brown 's henhouse . When he reached it he paused to listen to certain sounds within , certain fretful little cluckings . Reddy sat down for a minute with his tongue hanging out and the water actually dripping from it . He could shut his eyes and see those roosts with the hens crowded together so that every once in a while one would be wakened and fretfully protest against being crowded so . But Reddy sat there only for a minute . He was too eager to find out if it would prove to be possible to get inside that henhouse . Running swiftly but cautiously past the henhouse and along one side of the henyard , he peeped around the corner to see if by any chance the yard gate had been left open . His heart gave a leap of joy as he saw that the gate was not quite closed . All he would have to do would be to push it and enter . Reddy turned the corner quickly . Just as he put up one paw to push the gate open , a low but decidedly ugly growl made him jump back with every hair of his coat standing on end . His first thought was of Bowser . It must be that Bowser had returned ! Believing in safety first , Reddy did not stop to see who had growled , but ran swiftly a short distance . Then he looked behind him . Over at the gate of Farmer Brown 's henyard he could see a dark form . At once Reddy knew that it was n't Bowser the Hound , for it had a bushy tail , while Bowser 's was smooth .
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