This mischievous little Night Breeze found that that gate would swing , so it blew against that gate and blew and blew until suddenly , with a sharp little click , the gate closed and the spring latch snapped into place . Reddy Fox was a prisoner ! CHAPTER XIV THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE You 'll find ` twill often come about That he who 's in fain would be out . Bowser the Hound . It certainly is queer what a difference there is between being inside and outside . Sometimes happiness is inside and sometimes it is outside . Sometimes the one who is inside wishes with all his might that he were outside , and sometimes the one who is outside would give anything in the world to be inside . Just take the case of Reddy Fox . He had stolen inside of Farmer Brown 's henyard , leaving the gate halfway open . He had set himself to work to open the little sliding door through which in the daytime the hens passed in and out of the henhouse . As he worked he had been filled with great contentment and joy . He knew that Bowser the Hound had disappeared . He felt sure that there was nothing to fear , and he fully expected to dine that night on chicken . Then along came a mischievous little Night Breeze and swung that gate shut . At the click of the latch Reddy turned his head , and in a flash he saw what had happened . All in an instant everything had changed for Reddy Fox . Fear and despair took the place of contentment and happy anticipations . He was a prisoner inside that henyard . Frantically Reddy rushed over to the gate . There was n't even a crack through which he could thrust his sharp little nose .
Then , beside himself with fear , he raced around that XXXXX , seeking a hole through which he might escape .
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