"Morning," mumbled Sammy Jay.
"I found out something this morning which may interest you," said Reddy, taking no notice of Sammy's cross looks.
"It won't," replied Sammy positively. "It won't. Nothing interests me."
"Not even traps?" asked Reddy slyly.
"What's that?" demanded Sammy, looking at Reddy sharply.
"Oh, nothing much," replied Reddy, quite as if the matter didn't interest him especially, "only I found out something this morning that I thought you might like to see, if you wasn't such a coward."
"Who says I'm a coward?" shrieked Sammy Jay, dancing about with anger.
"I do," replied Reddy. "You don't dare go with me to-morrow morning and see what is going on at Farmer Brown's corn-crib."
"It isn't true!" Sammy shrieked. "I dare go wherever you dare go, so there, Reddy Fox!"
"Then I dare you to meet me to-morrow morning at the edge of the Green Forest at sun-up and go with me to watch Farmer Brown's corn-crib," Reddy replied.