. The trial to the woods. A Sparrow Hanging the fox out into a small open spot, where the brookbroadened into a pool five or six feet across. There,just over the middle of the pool, a foot or so abovethe \vatcr, was a sparrow hanging head down andquite motionless. Reynards first impulse was to spring, but as the bird neither fluttered nor moved this impulse waschecked, and he fell to considering. It was very queer that a bird could sustain itselfin mid air without using its wings. It also was notafraid of him. This, too, was strange. Then thefox noticed a small straight twig running from thebi
. The trial to the woods. A Sparrow Hanging the fox out into a small open spot, where the brookbroadened into a pool five or six feet across. There,just over the middle of the pool, a foot or so abovethe \vatcr, was a sparrow hanging head down andquite motionless. Reynards first impulse was to spring, but as the bird neither fluttered nor moved this impulse waschecked, and he fell to considering. It was very queer that a bird could sustain itselfin mid air without using its wings. It also was notafraid of him. This, too, was strange. Then thefox noticed a small straight twig running from thebirds feet up into the branches of the tree that over-hung the brook. Was the bird holding to this, or was the twig hold-ing the bird ? This last seemed more likely, for thebird must be dead, as it neither fluttered nor chirped. It was a very handy breakfast, almost providential,in fact, but there was something about it that thefox did not like. He was accustomed to workingfor his board, and having the meal thus set beforeh
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