Polly Chuck could change her mind as many times as she pleased ; that was going to be their home and that was where they were going to live . Now Johnny Chuck had grown wise in the ways of the world since he first ran away from the home where he was born . Twice since then he had built a new home , and now this would be better than either of the others . He paid no heed to Polly , when she pouted because he did not dig where she wanted him to . He went from tree to tree , big old apple - trees they were , and at the very last tree , way down in a corner near a tumbled-down stone wall , he found what he wanted -- two spreading roots gave him a chance to dig between them . Polly watched him get ready for work and she pouted some more . `` It would be a lot nicer out in that grassy place , and a lot easier to dig , '' said she . Johnny Chuck smiled and made the dirt fly . `` It certainly would be easier to dig , '' said he , when he stopped for breath , `` easier for me and easier for Bowser the Hound or for old Granny Fox , if either wanted to dig us out . Now , these old roots are just far enough apart for us to go in and out . They make a beautiful doorway . But Bowser the Hound can not get through if he tries , and he ca n't make our doorway any larger . Do n't you see how safe it is ? '' Polly Chuck had to own up that it was safer than a home in the open could possibly be , and Johnny went on digging . He made a long hall down to the snuggest of bedrooms , deep , deep down under ground . Then he made a long back hall , and all the sand from this he carried out the front way . By and by he made a back door at the end of the back hall , and it opened right behind a big stone fallen from the old stone wall . You would never have guessed that there was a back door there . His new house was finished now , and Johnny Chuck and Polly Chuck sat on the door-step and watched jolly , round , red Mr. Sun go to bed behind the Purple Hills and were happy . XV SAMMY JAY FINDS THE NEW HOME Johnny Chuck was missed from his old home on the Green Meadows .
If he had known how much he was XXXXX , he certainly would have tried to go back for at least a call on his old neighbors .
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