Once he stopped , and looking up at the lighted windows of the house , grinned . You see , with Bowser gone , Reddy was n't the least bit afraid . `` If I can get into that henhouse , '' thought Reddy , `` I certainly will have one good feast to-night . That is , I will if those stupid hens are not roosting so high that I ca n't get them . I 'll eat one right there . '' 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 .
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