Now and then he found the stranger 's tracks , and from them he knew that this stranger was doing : just what he had been doing , seeking to find the beautiful newcomer with the dainty feet . Each time he found these signs Lightfoot 's rage increased . Of course it did n't take Sammy Jay long to discover what was going on . There is little that escapes those sharp eyes of Sammy Jay . As you know , he had early discovered the game of hide and seek Lightfoot had been playing with the beautiful young visitor who had come down to the Green Forest from the Great Mountain . Then , by chance , Sammy had visited the Laughing Brook just as the big stranger had come down there to drink . For once Sammy had kept his tongue still . `` There is going to be excitement here when Lightfoot discovers this fellow , '' thought Sammy . `` If they ever meet , and I have a feeling that they will , there is going to be a fight worth seeing . I must pass the word around . '' So Sammy Jay hunted up his cousin , Blacky the Crow , and told him what he had discovered . Then he hunted up Bobby Coon and told him . He saw Unc ' Billy Possum sitting in the doorway of his hollow tree and told him . He discovered Jumper the Hare sitting under a little hemlock-tree and told him . Then he flew over to the dear Old Briar-patch to tell Peter Rabbit . Of course he told Drummer the Woodpecker , Tommy Tit the Chickadee , and Yank Yank the Nuthatch , who were over in the Old Orchard , and they at once hurried to the Green Forest , for they could n't think of missing anything so exciting as would be the meeting between Lightfoot and the big stranger from the Great Mountain . Sammy did n't forget to tell Paddy the Beaver , but it was no news to Paddy . Paddy had seen the big stranger on the edge of his pond early the night before . Of course , Lightfoot knew nothing about all this . His one thought was to find that big stranger and drive him from the Green Forest , and so he continued his search tirelessly .
CHAPTER XXXVI : Sammy XXXXX Takes A Hand Sammy Jay was bubbling over with excitement as he flew about through the Green Forest , following Lightfoot the Deer .
Blacky Brook Chickadee Drummer Forest Jay Mountain Possum Yank hemlock-tree