. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . nnel and be swallowedup by the all-protecting earth. On the outsidethe ground slopes away gently from the , when the Alderman saw that strangeround thing at his threshold he was inspection led him to believe that itwas not dangerous, but was probably went cautiously toward it, smelled it, andtried to nibble it; but the apple rolled away, forit was round, and the ground was smooth aswell as sloping. The Prairi
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . nnel and be swallowedup by the all-protecting earth. On the outsidethe ground slopes away gently from the , when the Alderman saw that strangeround thing at his threshold he was inspection led him to believe that itwas not dangerous, but was probably went cautiously toward it, smelled it, andtried to nibble it; but the apple rolled away, forit was round, and the ground was smooth aswell as sloping. The Prairie-dog followed andgave it a nip which satisfied him that the strangeobject would make good eating. But each timehe nibbled, it rolled farther away. The coastseemed clear, all the other Prairie-dogs wereout, so the fat Alderman did not hesitate tofollow up the dodging, shifting apple. This way and that it wriggled, and he fol-lowed. Of course it worked toward the lowplace where grew the greasewood-bush. Thelittle tastes of apple that he got only whettedhis appetite. The Alderman was more andmore interested. Foot by foot he was led from3^3 Tito. his hole toward that old, familiar bush, and hadno thought of anything but the joy of Tito curled herself and braced her sinewylegs, and measured the distance between, untilit dwindled to not more than three good jumps;then up and like an arrow she went, and grabbedand bore him off at last. Now it will never be known whether it wasaccident or design that led to the placing ofthat apple, but it proved important, and if sucha thing were to happen once or twice to asmart Coyote,—and it is usually clever onesthat get such chances,—it might easily grow intoa new trick of hunting. After a hearty meal Tito buried the rest ina cold place, not to get rid of it, but to hide itfor future use; and a little later, when she wastoo weak to hunt much, her various hoards ofthis sort came in very useful. True, the meathad turned very strong;
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