"I'd like to know what was in that letter," Farmer Green said, when he told his family what had happened. "I'll have to warn the letter-carrier to be sure to close the mail-box after this, for I can't have any more of my letters stolen."
Johnnie Green couldn't help laughing, when he heard his father tell about the chipmunk running away with a letter in his mouth.
[Illustration: "Here's a Letter for Me!" Said Sandy Chipmunk]
But Farmer Green didn't seem to see anything to laugh at.
"I only hope," he said, "the letter was nothing of importance."
XII
SANDY GETS A LETTER
After Sandy Chipmunk, with the letter in his mouth, escaped from Farmer Green, he ran home and showed his letter to everybody he met. He felt very proud.
"See!" he said. "There was a letter for me in the mail-box. It's lucky I found it when I did, for I believe Farmer Green would have taken it if I hadn't reached the box before him."
Old Mr. Crow laughed mockingly when Sandy called to him that he had a letter.