# Reddy Goes Back for His Fat Hen explained — Green Meadow Stories

> Chapter companion for Green Meadow Stories by Thornton W. Burgess.

## What happens

Bowser the Hound, while tracking Reddy Fox, unexpectedly encounters Farmer Brown's boy and joyfully reunites with him, abandoning the chase. Reddy Fox, observing this, realizes he can safely retrieve the fat hen he had hidden in a hollow stump, and he happily returns to his back trail.

## Themes in this chapter

### Friendship and Loyalty

Bowser's joyful reunion with Farmer Brown's boy highlights the deep bond and loyalty between a dog and his master.

## Character check-ins

### Bowser the Hound

Joyfully reunites with Farmer Brown's boy, forgetting the hunt entirely.

### Reddy Fox

Observes Bowser's reunion and decides to go back for his hidden fat hen.

### Farmer Brown

Farmer Brown's boy appears and is joyfully greeted by Bowser.

## Key lines

> Joy will make a puppy of an old dog.

Happiness can make even an old dog act like a playful puppy.

_Opening proverb illustrating Bowser's joyful behavior._

> He yelped and whined and barked. He nearly knocked Farmer Brown's boy down by leaping up on him. He raced around in circles.

Bowser expressed his joy by yelping, whining, barking, leaping on Farmer Brown's boy, and running in circles.

_Describes Bowser's exuberant reunion._

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