There were not many friends in winter . Most of them were asleep or had gone to the far away southland . `` Peter Rabbit , '' he ventured . Sammy shook his head . `` Jimmy Skunk ! '' Again Sammy shook his head . `` Jumper the Hare ! '' `` Guess again , '' said Sammy , chuckling . `` Little Joe Otter ! '' `` Wrong , '' replied Sammy . `` I give up . Who was it ? Do tell me , '' begged Happy Jack . `` It was Shadow the Weasel ! '' cried Sammy , triumphantly . Happy Jack dropped the nut he was just going to eat , and in place of happiness something very like fear grew and grew in his eyes . `` I -- I do n't believe you , '' he stammered . `` Farmer Brown 's boy took him away and put an end to him . I saw him take him . '' `` But you did n't see him put an end to Shadow , '' declared Sammy , `` because he did n't .
He took him ` way up in the Old Pasture and let him go , and I XXXXX him up there yesterday .
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