At first he had been afraid , but he soon found out that Black Pussy was not at all at home in a tree as he was . After that , he rather enjoyed having her try to catch him . It was almost like a game . It was great fun to scold at her and let her get very near him and then , just as she was sure that she was going to catch him , to jump out of her reach . After a while she was content to sit at the foot of the tree and just glare at him . Happy Jack had only one worry now , and this did n't trouble him a great deal . It was possible that Shadow the Weasel might take it into his head to try to surprise him some night . Happy Jack knew that by this time Shadow must know where he was living , for of course Sammy Jay had found out , and Sammy is one of those who tells all he knows . Still , being so close to Farmer Brown 's boy gave Happy Jack a very comfortable feeling . Now all this time Farmer Brown 's boy had not forgotten Shadow the Weasel and how he had driven Happy Jack out of the Green Forest , and he had wondered a great many times if it would n't be a kindness to the other little people if he should trap Shadow and put him out of the way . But you know he had given up trapping , and somehow he did n't like to think of setting a trap , even for such a mischief-maker as Shadow . Then something happened that made Farmer Brown 's boy very , very angry . One morning , when he went to feed the biddies , he found that Shadow had visited the henhouse in the night and killed three of his best pullets . That decided him . He felt sure that Shadow would come again , and he meant to give Shadow a surprise . He hunted until he found the little hole through which Shadow had got into the henhouse , and there he set a trap . `` I do n't like to do it , but I 've got to , '' said he . `` If he had been content with one , it would have been bad enough , but he killed three just from the love of killing , and it is high time that something be done to get rid of him . '' The very next morning Happy Jack saw Farmer Brown 's boy coming from the henhouse with something under his arm . He came straight over to the foot of the big maple tree and put the thing he was carrying down on the ground .
He whistled to Happy Jack , and as Happy Jack XXXXX down to see what it was all about , Farmer Brown 's boy grinned .
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