CHAPTER III 

_Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek_ 

Life is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could. Some of them pretend to be his friends, but Danny always keeps his eyes open when they are around and always begins to play hide and seek. Peter Rabbit and Jimmy Skunk and Striped Chipmunk and Happy Jack Squirrel are all friends whom he can trust, but he always has a bright twinkling eye open for Reddy Fox and Billy Mink and Shadow the Weasel and old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk, and several more, especially Hooty the Owl at night. 

Now Danny Meadow Mouse is a stout-hearted little fellow, and when rough Brother North Wind came shouting across the Green Meadows, tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes until they covered the Green Meadows deep, deep, deep, Danny just snuggled down in his warm coat in his snug little house of grass and waited. Danny liked the snow. Yes, sir, Danny Meadow Mouse liked the snow. He just loved to dig in it and make tunnels. Through those tunnels in every direction he could go where he pleased and when he pleased without being seen by anybody. It was great fun! 

Every little way he made a little round doorway up beside a stiff stalk of grass. Out of this he could peep at the white world, and he could get the fresh cold air. Sometimes, when he was quite sure that no one was around, he would scamper across on top of the snow from one doorway to another, and when he did this, he made the prettiest little footprints. 
What kind of animal is Danny?
Is he small or large?
What is life for him?
How many friends of his are listed?
Who can't he trust at night?
Who else does he have to be careful around?
Is Whitetail young or old?
How is the breeze personified?
Where did Brother North Wind go?
How does Brother North Wind make it snow?
Is there just a light dusting of snow?
What did Danny like to do in the snow?
What was the advantage of snow tunnels?
What shape door did he create?
What was next to that?
What kind of air was there?
What did he do when he went from one door to the other?
What was the weasel's name?
Was the squirrel sad?
What kind of animal was Jimmy?
a Meadow Mouse
Danny Meadow Mouse
small, but fat
You see, he is such a fat little fellow
a game of hide and seek
Life is always a game of hide and seek
four that he can trust
 Peter Rabbit and Jimmy Skunk and Striped Chipmunk and Happy Jack Squirrel are all friends whom he can trust
Hooty the Owl
 especially Hooty the Owl at night. 
Reddy Fox and others
always has a bright twinkling eye open for Reddy Fox
old
 old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk
Brother North Wind
Brother North Wind
Green Meadows
came shouting across the Green Meadows
tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes
tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes
no
until they covered the Green Meadows deep, deep, deep
dig in it and make tunnels
Yes, sir, Danny Meadow Mouse liked the snow. He just loved to dig in it and make tunnels
he could go where he pleased without being seen
 Through those tunnels in every direction he could go where he pleased and when he pleased without being seen by anybody.
round
 he made a little round doorway 
a stalk of grass
beside a stiff stalk of grass
fresh and cold
fresh cold air
made the prettiest little footprints
he made the prettiest little footprints.
Shadow
 Shadow the Weasel 
no
Happy Jack Squirrel 
Skunk
 Jimmy Skunk