It must be that that sharp little cousin of mine with the striped coat has got the rest , and I guess he deserves them . '' Then all of a sudden Happy Jack realized how Striped Chipmunk had fooled him into thinking that the storehouse of Chatterer was his storehouse , and Happy Jack began to laugh . The more he thought of it , the harder he laughed . `` The joke certainly is on me ! '' he exclaimed . `` The joke certainly is on me , and it served me right . Hereafter I 'll mind my own business . If I had spent half as much time looking for hickory nuts as I did looking for Striped Chipmunk 's storehouse , I would be ready for winter now , and Chatterer could n't call me a thief . '' Then he laughed again as he thought how Striped Chipmunk must have enjoyed seeing him pulled out of Chatterer 's storehouse by the tail . `` What 's the joke ? '' asked Bobby Coon , who happened along just then . `` I 've just learned a lesson , '' replied Happy Jack . `` What is it ? '' asked Bobby . Happy Jack grinned as he answered : `` I 've found that greed will never , never pay . It makes one cross and ugly , and it drives one 's friends away . And being always selfish and always wanting more , One 's very apt to lose the things that one has had before . '' `` Pooh ! '' said Bobby Coon . `` Have you just found that out ?
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