But you see he did n't know about the great fight that Johnny Chuck had just won . Now to win an honest fight always makes one feel very strong and very sure of oneself . Johnny looked at Mr. Blacksnake and saw that Mr. Blacksnake did n't look half as big as Johnny had always thought he did . He made up his mind that as he had found the old log first , he had the best right to it . `` I found it first and I 'm going to keep it ! '' snapped Johnny Chuck , and with every hair on end and gritting his teeth , he walked straight towards Mr. Blacksnake . Now Mr. Blacksnake is a great bluffer , while at heart he is really a coward . With a fierce hiss he rushed right at Johnny Chuck , expecting to see him turn tail and run . But Johnny stood his ground and showed all his sharp teeth . Instead of attacking Johnny , Mr. Blacksnake glided past him and sneaked away through the grass . Johnny Chuck chuckled as he crept into the hollow log . `` Only a coward runs away without fighting , '' he murmured sleepily . IX ANOTHER STRANGE CHUCK Johnny Chuck awoke just as jolly , round , red Mr. Sun pulled his own nightcap off . At first Johnny could n't think where he was . He blinked and blinked . Then he rolled over . `` Ouch ! '' cried Johnny Chuck . You see he was so stiff and sore from his great fight the day before , that it hurt to roll over . But when he felt the smart of those wounds , he remembered where he was .
He was in the old hollow XXXXX that he had found on the edge of the Green Meadows just before dark .
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