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"No, I didn't. The fact is, Tommy Tit, he left the door open purposely. NO I DIDN'T THE FACT IS TOMMY HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN PURPOSELY
isoner, and now that he was free, everybody would believe whatever he told them about how he got away. Was there ever such a chance to make his friends and neighbors say: "What a smart fellow he is!" "I--I--" Chatterer stopped. Then he began again. "You see, it was this way: I--I--" Somehow, Chatterer couldn't say what he had meant to say. It seemed as if Tommy Tit's bright, merry eyes were looking right into his head and heart and could see his very thoughts. Of course they couldn't. The truth is that little small voice inside, which Chatterer had so often refused to listen to when he was tempted to do wrong, was talking again. It was saying: "For shame, Chatterer! For shame! Tell the truth. Tell the truth." It was that little small voice that made Chatterer hesitate and stop. "You don't mean to say that you were smart enough to fool Farmer Brown's boy and get out of that stout little prison he made for you, do you?" asked Tommy Tit. "No," replied Chatterer, almost before he thought.  DY WOULD THINK HIM JUST AS SMART AS BILLY POSSUM AND YOU KNOW BILLY REALLY WAS SMART ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM FARMER BROWN'S BOY AFTER BEING CAUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN A PRISONER AND NOW THAT HE WAS FREE EVERYBODY WOULD BELIEVE WHATEVER HE TOLD HIM ABOUT HOW HE GOT AWAY IS THERE EVER SUCH A CHANCE TO MAKE HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS SAY WHAT A SMART FELLOW HE IS I I YOU SEE HE WAS THIS WAY I I SOMEHOW CHATTERER COULDN'T SAY WHAT HE HAD MEANT TO SAY IT SEEMED AS IF TOMMY'S BRIGHT MERRY EYES WERE LOOKING RIGHT INTO HIS HEAD AND HEART AND COULD SEE HIS VERY THOUGHTS OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T THE TRUTH IS THAT LITTLE SMALL VOICE INSIDE WHICH CHATTERER HAD SO OFTEN REFUSED TO LISTEN TO WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED TO DO WRONG WAS TALKING AGAIN HER SHAME CHATTERER HER SHAME TELL THE TRUTH IT WAS THAT LITTLE SMALL VOICE THAT MADE CHATTERER HESITATE AND STOP YOU MEAN ME TO SAY THAT YOU WERE SMART ENOUGH TO FOOL FARMER BROWN'S BOY AND GET OUT OF THAT STOUT LITTLE PRISON HE MADE FOR YOU DO YOU NO 
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