The hunter would have shot them for sport . He did n't need them . He had plenty of other food . Reddy Fox does n't kill just for the pleasure of killing . So the hunter continued to sit in his hiding-place with very friendly feelings for Sammy Jay . Sammy watched Reddy Fox disappear and then flew over to that side of the pond where the hunter was . Mr. and Mrs. Quack called their thanks to Sammy , to which he replied , that he had done no more for them than he would do for anybody , or than they would have done for him . For some time Sammy sat quietly in the top of the tree , but all the time his sharp eyes were very busy . By and by he spied the hunter sitting on the log . At first he could n't make out just what it was he was looking at . It did n't move , but nevertheless Sammy was suspicious . Presently he flew over to a tree where he could see better . Right away he spied the terrible gun , and he knew just what that was . Once more he began to yell , `` Thief ! thief ! thief ! '' at the top of his lungs . It was then that the hunter lost his temper . He knew that now he had been discovered by Sammy Jay , and it was useless to remain there longer . He was angry clear through .
CHAPTER XIX : Sammy XXXXX Is Modest As soon as the angry hunter with the terrible gun had disappeared among the trees of the Green Forest , and Lightfoot was sure that he had gone for good , Lightfoot came out from his hiding-place on top of the ridge and walked down to the pond of Paddy the Beaver for a drink .
Fox Jay Quack Right Sammy first gun hiding-place lungs top