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One morning Chatterer did not come out of his hollow stump as he usually did when his cage was placed on the shelf outside the farmhouse door. He just didn't feel like it. He stayed curled up in his bed for a long, long time, too sad and miserable to move. At last he crawled up and peeped out of his little round doorway. Chatterer gave a little gasp and rubbed his eyes. Was he dreaming? He scrambled out in a hurry and peeped through the wires of his cage. Then he rubbed his eyes again and rushed over to the other side of the cage for another look. ONE MORNING CHATTERER DID NOT COME OUT OF HIS HOLLOW STUMP AS HE USUALLY DID WHEN HIS CAGE WAS PLACED IN THE SHELF OUTSIDE THE FARMHOUSE DOOR HE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT HE STAYED CURLED UP AND PEEPED OUT OF HIS LITTLE ROUND DOORWAY CHATTERER GAVE A LITTLE GASP AND RUBBED HIS EYES WAS HE DREAMING HE SCRAMBLED OUT IN A HURRY AND PEEPED THROUGH THE WIRES OF HIS CAGE THEN HE RUBBED HIS EYES AGAIN AND RUSHED OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAGE FOR ANOTHER LOOK
m, and Peter Rabbit had peeped at him from behind the old stone wall. The very sight of them going where they pleased and when they pleased had been too much for Chatterer, and such a great longing for the Green Forest and the Old Orchard filled his heart that he could think of nothing else. He just sat in a corner of his cage and looked as miserable as he felt. He lost his appetite. In vain Farmer Brown's boy brought him the fattest nuts and other dainties. He couldn't eat for the great longing for freedom that filled his heart until it seemed ready to burst. He no longer cared to run in the new wire wheel which had given him so much pleasure at first. He was homesick, terribly homesick, and he just couldn't help it. Farmer Brown's boy noticed it, and his face grew sober and thoughtful. He watched Chatterer when the latter didn't know that he was about, and if he couldn't understand Chatterer's talk, he could understand Chatterer's actions. He knew that he was unhappy and guessed why. OF THINGS UNTIL SAMMY JAY HAD FOUND HIM AND REDDY FOX HAD MADE FUN OF HIM AND PETER RABBIT HAD PEEPED AT HIM FROM BEHIND THE OLD STONE WALL THE VERY SIGHT OF THEM GOING WHERE THEY PLEASED AND WHEN THEY PLEASED HAD BEEN TOO MUCH FOR CHATTERER AND SUCH A GREAT LONGING FOR THE GREEN FOREST IN THE OLD ORCHARD FILLED HIS HEART THAT HE COULD THINK OF NOTHING ELSE HE JUST SAT IN A CORNER OF HIS CAGE AND LOOKED AS MISERABLE AS HE FELT HE LOST HIS APPETITE IN VAIN FARMER BROWN'S BOY BROUGHT HIM THE FATTEST NUTS AND OTHER DAINTIES HE COULDN'T EAT FOR THE GREAT LONGING OF FREEDOM THAT FILLED HIS HEART UNTIL IT SEEMED READY TO BURST HE NO LONGER CARED TO RUN IN THE NEW WIRE WHEEL WHICH HAD GIVEN HIM SO MUCH PLEASURE AT FIRST HE WAS HOMESICK AND HE JUST COULDN'T HELP IT FARMER BROWN'S BOY NOTICED IT AND HIS FACE GREW SO SOBER AND THOUGHTFUL HE WATCHED CHATTERER WHEN THE LATTER DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS ABOUT AND IF HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND CHATTERER'S ACTIONS HE KNEW THAT HE WAS UNHAPPY AND GUESSED WHY
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