`` It does n't make any difference if you did n't ; you 're a thief just the same ! '' screamed Chatterer and rushed at Happy Jack . And what do you think Happy Jack did ? Why , he just turned tail and ran , Chatterer after him , crying `` Thief ! Robber ! Coward ! '' at the top of his lungs , so that every one in the Green Forest could hear . CHAPTER X STRIPED CHIPMUNK 'S HAPPY THOUGHT Waste seems to me a dreadful sin ; It works to lose and not to win . Thrift will win ; it can not lose . Between them 't is for you to choose . Happy Jack . Striped Chipmunk sat on a mossy old log , laughing until his sides ached . `` Ha , ha , ha ! Ho , ho , ho ! Oh , dear ! Oh , dear ! Ho , ho , ho , ho , ho ! '' laughed Striped Chipmunk , holding his sides . Over in the Green Forest he could still hear Chatterer the Red Squirrel crying `` Thief ! Robber ! ''
as he chased his big cousin , Happy Jack , and every time he heard it , Striped Chipmunk XXXXX harder .
choose crying laughed lose make ran screamed seems turned win