Johnny Chuck in "Polly And Johnny Chuck Go House Hunting"

"I've found a perfectly lovely place for our new home!" she cried.
Johnny looked ruefully at the hole he had worked so hard to dig; then he brushed the dirt from his clothes and followed her. This time Johnny had no fault to find with the ground. It was high and dry. But Polly had chosen a spot close to a road that wound down across the Green Meadows. Johnny shook his head doubtfully, but he began to dig.