CHATTERER AND SAMMY JAY MAKE UP
When Chatterer heard Sammy Jay say that he was going straight to the Green Forest to tell Shadow the Weasel that Chatterer was living in the Old Orchard, a great fear filled his heart. He forgot his quarrel with Sammy. He forgot his greed for all the corn in Farmer Brown's corn-crib. He forgot everything but his terrible fear of Shadow the Weasel. It was because of Shadow that Chatterer had left the Green Forest to live in the Old Orchard. If Shadow should find him here, he didn't know what he could do or where he could go. He knew that Sammy Jay meant just what he said, for though it would be a dreadful thing to do, people do dreadful things when they are angry, and Sammy Jay was very, very angry indeed. He had already spread his wings when Chatterer spoke.
"Please don't do that, Sammy Jay," he begged, "I—I—I didn't mean all the bad things I have said."
Sammy Jay's eyes snapped. He saw right away that Chatterer was very much frightened, and he knew that hereafter so long as Shadow the Weasel was anywhere around, Chatterer would be so afraid that he would do anything Sammy might want him to. You see, Sammy Jay is very sharp.
"Am I any more of a thief than you are?" he demanded.
"No-o-o," replied Chatterer slowly, as if it were the hardest work to say it.
"No-o-o," replied Chatterer slowly.
"Will you play any more tricks on me?" asked Sammy.
"No," replied Chatterer more promptly this time.