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expect to lose them. How did you know I took 

 those eggs?" :> 



"Never mind, Sammy; never mind. A little 

 bird told me," retorted Peter mischievously. 



Sammy opened his mouth for a sharp reply, but 

 instead he uttered a cry of warning. "Run, 

 Peter ! Run ! Here comes Reddy Fox !" he cried. 



Peter dived headlong under a great pile of brush. 

 There he was quite safe. While he waited for 

 Reddy Fox to go away he thought about Sammy 

 Jay. "It's funny," he mused, "how so much 

 good and so much bad can be mixed together. 

 Sammy Jay stole Chebec's eggs, and then he saved 

 my life. I just know he would have done as 

 much for Mr. and Mrs. Chebec, or for any other 

 feathered neighbor. He can only steal eggs for a 

 little while in the spring. I guess on the whole 

 he does more good than harm. I'm going to 

 think so anyway." 



Peter was quite right. Sammy Jay does do 

 more good than harm. 



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