He did n't dare stay to see more , and for once in his life was quite speechless as he flew back to the Green Forest . CHAPTER XXIV A DREAM COMES TRUE What are all our dreams made up of That they often are so queer ? Wishes , hopes , and fond desires All mixed up with foolish fears . Happy Jack . Which is worse , to have a very beautiful dream never come true , or to have a bad dream really come true ? Happy Jack Squirrel says the latter is worse , much worse . Dreams do come true once in a great while , you know . One of Happy Jack 's did . It came true , and it made a great difference in Happy Jack 's life . You see , it was like this : Happy Jack had had so many things to think of that he had almost forgotten about Shadow the Weasel . Happy Jack had n't seen or heard anything of him since Farmer Brown 's boy had chased him into the Green Forest and so saved Happy Jack 's life . Since then life had been too full of pleasant things to think of anything so unpleasant as Shadow the Weasel . But one night Happy Jack had a bad dream . Yes , Sir , it was a very bad dream . He dreamed that once more Shadow the Weasel was after him , and this time there was no Farmer Brown 's boy to run to for help . Shadow was right at his heels and in one more jump would have him . Happy Jack opened his mouth to scream , and -- awoke . He was all ashake with fright . It was a great relief to find that it was only a dream , but even then he could n't get over it right away . He was glad that it was almost morning , and just as soon as it was light enough to see , he crept out .
It was too early to go over to Farmer Brown 's house ; Farmer Brown 's XXXXX would n't be up yet .
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