1 At first she would n't go without a great deal of coaxing , but after a while he did n't have to coax at all .
2 She seemed to delight to be with him as much as he did to be with her .
3 So Johnny Chuck grew happier and happier .
4 He was happier than he had ever been in all his life before .
5 You see Johnny Chuck had found the greatest thing in the world .
6 Do you know what it is ?
7 It is called love .
8 XII JOHNNY CHUCK PROVES HIS LOVE These spring days were beautiful days on the Green Meadows .
9 It seemed to Johnny Chuck that the Green Meadows never had been so lovely or the songs of the birds so sweet .
10 He had forgotten all about his old friends , Jimmy Skunk and Peter Rabbit and the other little meadow people .
11 You see , he could n't think of anybody but Polly Chuck , and he did n't want to be with anybody but Polly Chuck .
12 He had even forgotten that he had started out to see the world .
13 He did n't care anything more about the world .
14 All he wanted was to be where Polly Chuck was .
15 Then he was perfectly happy .
16 That was because Johnny Chuck had found the greatest thing in the world , which is love .
17 But Johnny still had one great wish , the wish that he might show Polly Chuck just how brave and strong he was and how well he could take care of her .
18 One morning they were feasting in a patch of sweet clover over near an old stone wall .
19 It was the same stone wall in which Johnny Chuck had escaped from old Whitetail the Marshhawk , when Johnny was a very little fellow .
20 Suddenly Polly gave a little scream of fright .
21 Johnny XXXXX looked up to see a dog almost upon her .	Chuck		Chuck|Johnny|Marshhawk|Meadows|Polly|Rabbit|Skunk|days|first|morning

