Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . ns of squirrels, rabbits, and smallbirds. When we played hunting buffalo we would senda few good runners off on the open prairie with a sup-ply of meat; then a few equally swift boys started tochase them and capture the food. Once we were en-gaged in this sport when a real hunt by the men wasin progress; yet we did not realize that it was so nearuntil, in the midst of our play, we saw an immensebuffalo coming at full speed directly toward us. Ourmimic buffalo hunt turned into a very real buffaloscare. Fortunately, we were near the edg
Carroll and Brooks readers - a reader for the fifth grade . ns of squirrels, rabbits, and smallbirds. When we played hunting buffalo we would senda few good runners off on the open prairie with a sup-ply of meat; then a few equally swift boys started tochase them and capture the food. Once we were en-gaged in this sport when a real hunt by the men wasin progress; yet we did not realize that it was so nearuntil, in the midst of our play, we saw an immensebuffalo coming at full speed directly toward us. Ourmimic buffalo hunt turned into a very real buffaloscare. Fortunately, we were near the edge of thewoods, and we soon disappeared among the leaves likea flock of young prairie-chickens. Some hid in thebushes while others took refuge in tall trees. We loved to play in the water. When we had noponies, we often had swimming matches of our ownand sometimes made rafts with which we crossed lakes 184 A READER FOR THE FIFTH GRADE and rivers. It was a common thing to duck a youngor timid boy or to carry him into deep water to strug-gle as best he might. I remember a perilous ride with a companion onan unmanageable log, when we were both less thanseven years old. The older boys had put us on thisuncertain bark and pushed us out into the swift cur-rent of the river. I cannot speak for my comrade indistress, but I can say now that I would rather rideon a swift bronco any day than try to stay on andsteady a short log in a river. I never knew how wemanaged to prevent a shipwreck on that voyage andto reach the. shore. We had many curious wild pets. There were youngfoxes, bears, wolves, raccoons, fawns, buffalo calves,and birds of all kinds, tamed by various boys. Mypets were different at different times, but I particu-larly remember one. I once had a grizzly bear for apet, and so far as he and I were concerned our rela-tions were charming and very close. But I hardly TWIN BABIES 185 know whether he made more enemies for me or I forhim. It was his habit to treat every boy unmercifu
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