elf, trotting down the Lone Little
Path through the wood.

"I thought you were home and fast asleep, Reddy Fox," said Bobby Coon.

"You were mistaken," said Reddy Fox. "For you see I'm out to take a walk
in the moonlight."

So Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox walked together down the Lone Little Path
through the wood to the Green Meadows. They met Jimmy Skunk, who had
dreamed that there were a lot of beetles up on the hill, and was just
going to climb the Crooked Little Path to see.

"Hello, Jimmy Skunk!" said Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox. "Come down to the
Green Meadows with us."

Jimmy Skunk said he would, so they all went down on the Green Meadows
together, Bobby Coon first, Reddy Fox next and Jimmy Skunk last of all,
for Jimmy Skunk never hurries. Pretty soon they came to the house of
Johnny Chuck.

"Listen," said Bobby Coon. "Johnny Chuck is fast asleep."

They all listened and they could hear Johnny Chuck snoring away down in
his snug little bed.

"Let's give Johnny Chuck a surprise," said Reddy Fox.

"What shall it be?" asked Bobby Coon.

"I know," said Reddy Fox. "Let's roll that big stone right over Johnny
Chuck's doorway; then he'll have to dig his way out in the morning."

So Bobby Coon and Reddy Fox pulled and tugged and tugged and pulled at
the big stone till they had rolled it over Johnny Chuck's doorway. Jimmy
Skunk pretended not to see what they were doing.

"Now let's go down to the Laughing Brook and wake up old Grandfather
Frog and hear him say 'Chug-a-rum,'" said Bobby Coon.

"Come on!" cried Reddy Fox, "I'll get there first!"

Away raced Reddy Fox down the Lone Little Path and after him ran Bobby
Coon, going to wake old Grandfather Frog from a nice comfortable sleep
on his green lily pad.

But Jimmy Skunk didn't go. He watched Reddy Fox and Bobby Coon until
they were nearly to the Laughing Brook. Then he began to dig at one side
of the big stone which filled the doorway of Johnny Chuck's house. My,
how he made the dirt fly! Pretty soon he had made a hole big enough to
call through to Johnny Chuck, who was snoring away, fast asleep in his
snug little bed below.

"Johnny Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Johnny Woodchuck!" called Jimmy Skunk.

But Johnny Chuck just snored.

"Johnny Chuck, Chuck, Chuck! Johnny Woodchuck!" called Jimmy Skunk once
more.

But Johnny Chuck just snored. Then Jimmy Skunk called again, this time
louder than before.

"Who is it?" asked a very sleepy voice.

"It's Jimmy Skun