CHAPTER XXVII

SAMMY JAY WORRIES

It isn't often Sammy Jay worries about anybody but himself. Truth to tell, he doesn't worry about himself very often. You see, Sammy is smart, and he knows he is smart. Under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the Green Forest. Sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself.

But Sammy Jay was worrying now. He was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. Yes, Sir, Sammy Jay was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. For two days he had been unable to find Lightfoot or any trace of Lightfoot. But he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns. It seemed to him that they were everywhere in the Green Forest. Sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing Lightfoot the Deer.

Sammy knew all of Lightfoot's hiding-places. He visited every one of them. Lightfoot wasn't to be found, and no one whom Sammy met had seen Lightfoot for two days.

Sammy felt badly. You see, he was very fond of Lightfoot. You remember it was Sammy who warned Lightfoot of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began. Ever since the hunting season had opened, Sammy had done his best to make trouble for the hunters. Whenever he had found one of them he had screamed at the top of his voice to warn every one within hearing just where that hunter was. Once a hunter had lost his temper and shot at Sammy, but Sammy had suspected that something of the kind might happen, and he had taken care to keep just out of reach.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What was Lightfoot?
2. Who worried about it?
3. For how long had he not seen Lightfoot?
4. Did he like the deer?
5. What did he warn Lightfoot about?
6. What had Sammy done ever since the season started?
7. What did he do when he found one?
8. Did one of the hunters get mad?
9. Then what did he do?
10. Did he end up getting injured?
11. Did Sammy worry a lot?
1. Deer.
2. Sammy Jay
3. two days
4. yes
5. coming of the hunter
6. make trouble
7. screamed
8. yes
9. shot at Sammy
10. no
11. Sammy seldom worries about himself but he was worrying about Lightfoot