Merry Little Breeze at all.

Pretty soon it danced back to Old Mother West Wind and whispered in her
ear: "Sammy Jay is stealing the nuts Happy Jack Squirrel had hidden in
the hollow of the old chestnut tree, and is hiding them for himself in
the tumble down nest that Blacky the Crow built in the Great Pine last
year." "Aha!" said Old Mother West Wind. Then she went on across the
Green Meadows.

"Good morning, Old Mother West Wind," said Sammy Jay as she passed the
fence post where he was sitting.

"Good morning, Sammy Jay," said Old Mother West Wind. "What brings you
out so early in the morning?"

"I'm out for my health, Old Mother West Wind," said Sammy Jay politely.
"The doctor has ordered me to take a bath in the dew at sunrise every
morning."

Old Mother West Wind said nothing, but went on her way across the Green
Meadows to blow the ships across the ocean. When she had passed, Sammy
Jay hurried to take the last of Happy Jack's nuts to the old nest in the
Great Pine.

Poor Happy Jack! Soon he came dancing along with another nut to put in
the hollow of the old chestnut tree. When he peeped in and saw that all
his big store of nuts had disappeared, he couldn't believe his own eyes.
He put in one paw and felt all around but not a nut could he feel. Then
he climbed in and sure enough, the hollow was empty.

Poor Happy Jack! There were tears in his eyes when he crept out again.
He looked all around but no one was to be seen but handsome Sammy Jay,
very busy brushing his beautiful blue coat.

"Good morning, Sammy Jay, have you seen any one pass this way?" asked
Happy Jack. "Some one has stolen a store of nuts from the hollow in the
old chestnut tree."

Sammy Jay pretended to feel very badly indeed, and in his sweetest
voice, for his voice was very sweet in those days, he offered to help
Happy Jack try to catch the thief who had stolen the store of nuts from
the hollow in the old chestnut tree.

Together they went down cross the Green Meadows asking every one whom
they met if they had seen the thief who had stolen Happy Jack's store
of nuts from the hollow in the old chestnut tree. All the Merry Little
Breezes joined in the search, and soon every one who lived in the Green
Meadows or in the wood knew that some one had stolen all of Happy Jack
Squirrel's store of nuts from the hollow in the old chestnut tree. And
because every one liked Happy Jack, every one felt very sorry indeed for
him.

The next morning