said Reddy . `` Nothing much , '' replied Sammy Jay . `` What 's the news ? '' Reddy grinned . `` There is n't any news , '' said he . `` I was just going to ask you the same thing . '' It was Sammy Jay 's turn to grin , `` Just as if I could tell you any news , Reddy Fox ! Just as if I could tell you any news ! '' he exclaimed . `` Why , everybody knows that you are so smart that you find out everything as soon as it happens . '' Reddy Fox felt flattered . You know people who do a great deal of flattering themselves are often the very easiest to flatter if you know how . Reddy pretended to be very modest ; but no one likes to be thought smart and important more than Reddy Fox does , and it pleased him greatly that Sammy Jay should think him so smart that no one could tell him any news . Sammy knew this perfectly well , and he chuckled to himself as he watched Reddy Fox pretending to be so modest . `` Have you called on Johnny Chuck at his new home yet ? '' asked Sammy Jay , in the most matter-of-fact way . `` No , '' replied Reddy , `` but I mean to , soon . '' He said this just as if he knew all about Johnny Chuck 's new home , when all the time he had n't the remotest idea in the world where it was . In fact he had hunted and hunted for it , but had n't found a trace of it . And all the time Sammy Jay knew that Reddy did n't know where it was .
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