He looked up in the apple-trees , and Sammy Jay held his breath , for fear that Johnny would see him . But Sammy was so well hidden that , bright as Johnny Chuck 's eyes are , they failed to see him . Then Johnny Chuck actually climbed up on the old stone wall so as to see better , and he sat there a long time , looking and looking . Sammy Jay grew impatient . `` He seems to be terribly watchful this morning . I never knew him to be so watchful before . I do n't understand it , '' muttered Sammy to himself . After a while Johnny Chuck seemed quite satisfied that there was no one about . He hopped down from the old stone wall and scampered over to the doorway of his new house , and there he began to chatter . Sammy Jay stretched his neck until it ached , trying to hear what Johnny Chuck was saying , but he could n't because Johnny 's head was inside his doorway . Pretty soon Johnny Chuck backed out and sat up , and he looked very proud and important . Then Sammy Jay saw something that nearly took his breath away . It was the head of Polly Chuck peeping out of the doorway . It was the first time that he had seen Polly Chuck . `` Why , '' gasped Sammy Jay , `` it must be that Johnny Chuck has a mate , and I did n't know a thing about it ! So that 's his secret and the reason he has appeared so proud lately ! '' Polly Chuck came out on the doorstep . She looked just as proud as Johnny Chuck , and at the same time she seemed terribly anxious . She sat up beside Johnny Chuck , and she looked this way and that way , just as Johnny had . Then she put her head in at the doorway and began to call in the softest voice .
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