The strange Chuck had n't said or done anything to make Johnny Chuck angry , not the least thing in the world , excepting to come down on to the Green Meadows . Now the Green Meadows are very broad , and there is room for many Chucks . It was pure selfishness on the part of Johnny Chuck to want to drive away every other Chuck . But anger never stops to reason . It did n't now . Johnny Chuck hurried as fast as his short legs could take him towards the lone elm-tree , and in his mind was just one thought -- to drive that strange Chuck off the Green Meadows and to punish him so that he never , never would dare even think of coming back . So great was Johnny 's anger that every hair stood on end , and as he ran he chattered and scolded . `` I 'll fix him ! These are my Green Meadows , and no one else has any business here unless I say so ! I 'll fix him ! I 'll fix him ! '' Then Johnny would grind his teeth , and in his eyes was the ugliest look . He was n't nice to see , not a bit nice . The Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother West Wind did n't know what to make of him . Could this be the Johnny Chuck they had known so long , the good-natured , happy Johnny Chuck whom everybody loved ? They drew away from him , for they did n't want anything to do with any one in such a frightful temper . But Johnny Chuck did n't even notice , and if he had he would n't have cared . That is the trouble with anger . It crowds out everything else , when it once fills the heart . When Johnny had first seen the stranger , he had thought right away that it was the old gray Chuck with whom he had had such a terrible fight the day before and whom he whipped .
Perhaps that was one XXXXX for Johnny Chuck 's terrible anger now , for the old gray Chuck had tried to drive Johnny Chuck off the Green Meadows .
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