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WOLVES AND FOXES.

THE WOLF.

HIS IIABITS.

wolf isone of themost snap-pish, cross,and nglycreaturesliving. Hohas large

and heavy jaws, and sbarp andstrong teoth. lIe does not takehold, and hold on as many other

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animals do, but he bites with afierce snap of his cruel jaws, andthen lets go and bites again, eachtime drh'ing his teeth deep intothe flesh of his prey.

",Volves will eat almost an~'-thing they can get hold of. Theywill cat a man up if they get achance, which they sometimesdo. They also attack horses,buft:'lloes,and deer. 'When theycannot do any better they eatfrogs, lizards, and insects, andsometimes they eat some of theirown kind. If a wolf is sick, orweak, 01' wounded, the rest fall011 him and SOOIl cat him up.

"\\Toh'cs hunt together in large

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numbers that are called packs.''i'hen they are running afteran animal, one or two of themfollow right on his track, whilethe others go on either side, sothat if the animal they arc afterturns to the right or to the lefthe is sure to be eanght. Nomatter how fast he runs, thowolves llre sure to get him. nemay run fu.'!ter than they, andeven get ont of their sight; butif once they arc on his trackthey keep on until they tirohim out.

When they eome up to theirprey they make short work ofeating. The whole pack, or as

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man.r of them lIS can, gct on thepoor animal and tcar him inpie"cA with their sharp tecth, andcat him up. In a fcw minutcsthcrc is nothing left bllt thebones.

Their sharp tceth will gothrough almost anJtl,iug. Theycan Cllt the toughest hide of ananimal, and l;ave been known totcar in pieces thick and strougleather harness and eat it all.lIow would JOU like to llllvcsuch tceth 1 You would neyerthen complain of tough beefsteak.

There are several kinds ofwohes, but they are all alike in

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their fiercencss. Some h:n-e grayfur sprinkled with black hairs,whilc others arc ncarly all hlaek.

Thongh the wolf is yery hold,hc is also sometimcs ycry cau-tious, and casily frightened bystrange objects. If a huntershould leave unwatched :lIlY ani-Illal he has killed, the wolyeswould soon cat it. But if heputs lIn)' strange thing near it,tho wolves will kecp away.

You have seen" scare-crows"that arc pnt in a corn-field tokeep the crows away. If thecrows see an old hat and coat ona stick they arc afraid to comenear the corn. It is in a way

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like this that the "seam-wolf"is made.

"'hen the hunter has killedauy game thut he wants to Icuveiu tJlll woods all night, he puts astick ur two in the ground nearhis game, and on the "tick a pieceof rag that will flutter in thewind. The wolve,; "cent thogallle after a wldle, and cOlllerunuing up to eat it. But whenthey Bee thi,; strange-lookingthing, they Ilre frightened Ilndkeep out of the WilY.

It is no uncommon thing forhungry woh.e,; to fulluw trayelersa loug distance. If they cllunotby :;ollle means be kept on; they

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will jump on thc poor tra.clerand eat him, If he has goodflL-;thOI'8e8he ma)' gct away fromthc woh-e8, if he hll~ not too fllrto go. But if he is in l\ placcwherc it i~ l\ IUllg distancc to ahouoe 01' a villagc, the wolvc:>will get up to him whcn hi~h01'1'C1ilire tired. )

Travclers have f;ometimes beenBlI\-OO bv throwilJl' uut "omethin'~- 0 0to .CllW the wolvc., A pieee ofrope dangling bchind thc car-riage ur sleigh, or draggilJg OIlthe grollnd, will oftcn trightenthcm oft: When they come toonCllr, the travclcr throw~ some-thing at thcm. They stop a

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moment, and wlwn the)' findthat the stmnge thing does nothurt thcm, tho)' come on again.Theu something ebc must be-thrown out.

A traveler wa~ once chased hywol\"o." and a~ tho.l" camc onap-ping their jaw~, and show"ingtheir white teoth around hissleigh, ho threw somethingamong thom, which frightenedthem lur a momont. But the)"soon came on again, aud he hadto tr)" somothing c1oe. Thuo hekept on until 110 had thrown outof hi~ ~lcigh ahne:;t e'"erythingin it, and a good part of hiscloth os" B)' thus scaring the

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woh'es a few moments at a time,he made out to reach II lllace ofsafety.

WOLVES AND DEARS.

Wolves will sometimes IIttackbeal'8. .A, party of gentlemenwas out one day hunting a bear.The bear was not in sight, buttheir dog seemed to Le on histrack, for he ran ahead Lllrkingand yelping, and they hurriedafter. Suddenly a pack ofwoln16carne rushing through the woods,and, poun('ing on the dog, SOOllleft uothing but his Lones.

The)' then scented the Learand weut 011 his track. After a

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while the)' came up with him,and then there was a great fight.The hear struck at them \\~thhis sharp claws and killed EC\'.eral of them. The rest snappedawa)' at him, and hit him veryseverel)', but finally had to goawuy without killing him.

When the hunters came up tothe s)1ot the bear and the wolve.were all gone, hut the groundwas covered with hear. fur andwolf.fur mixed together, whilelittle pools of blood and scveraldead wolvc6 showed what a greatbattle there had been.

li few du)'s after this thc;;ehunters killed a large bear, which

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hat! beell sc,.crcly bittell ill manyl,lae,"". It was 110 doubt thosame bcar which had fought thowolves. When tho hnlltcrs tookhis skin off, there were so manyholes in it, made by the teeth oftho wulves, tLat they threw itaway 1\.. good for nothing.

At another timc some wolvesfollowed n bcar und attackedLim. IIc Ftood 011 his hind feet,witL his back against a tree, umlfOllgLtthem for a long time. Atlast bOme of the wolves creptbehind the tree, and while thorest were fighting him in front,the,}hit at him on either side.

Tlll'Y would 110 douht havo2

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killed him had not Borne hunterscome in Bight. On their ap-proach, as thcy fired their guns,the wol~es went one way andthe bear the other.

TIlE WOLF THAT PLA YEn HEWAS DEAD.

There arc many wild auimalowhich, when the)' fall into thehands of huuters and know thatthey cannot get away, will try tomake the hunters believe theyare dead. They 6hut their eycsnnd lie stretched out at fulllength, and do not make the leastmotion with any part of theirbody, Then, if the men who

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canght them think they arc dead,amI Jet them alone for a littlewhile, they suddenl). jump upand run away.

A wolf was once caught in atrap. When the hnnten; cameto the tmp and Aaw the wolf,he seemed to be dead. Theypicked him lip, and one of themslung him over his shonlder, andtook Jlim on board a ship towhich they belonged, and whichwas not far oft:

After they got him on board,the captain thought he saw some"tIling about him that looked likelife. lIe passed se"eral objectsquiekl)' before his eyes, and he

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notlccJ that the wolf winked hiBe)'(O;a little. ~\. rope was thentieJ to his hind leg~, and he WMhUllg up in tho rigging of theship witb his head downward.'Vben he fonnd himself thUBdanl;ling in the air, he came tolife very soon. He opened biBeyes, and looked about him. lIeopened his jaws, and snappedat e"erything noar him. lietried very hard to bite some ofthe men WIIO were standing oy.He also tried to curl himself npand bite the rope in two oywhich he was hung.

E,'erybody laughed to find thedead wolf come to life. Tho

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every ono clw who is killl.l tohim.

~\ gentleman onco trained twoYOlmg wolves uutil tlleY werefully growlI. Thej' followed himm"crJwherc just Iikc dogs. Onoof them ouc day seized II hen,llnd would Imye killed it had1101. his IIllL.,tcr come np just illtime to Sayc its life. The mUllgavo tho wolf a good whipping,which he neyer forgot.

The other olle Lchaved bettor.She plaj'ed with hel" lIluster, andlicked his hands, and oftcn wentinto the sleigh with him when horode out. lIe gave her the namoof TUS8U.

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One day he came home aftera short absence and hi. wolf wasgone. She had broken her chainwhile he was away, and hadgone oft' and .tnyeu three days.'When he founu this out he wentto the top of a hill not far offand called ont as loud as heC011ld,

" Tueaa! TUS8at Where is myTussa 1 Come here, TU68a,comehere! "

After a little while she heardhim, anu came running from nwood near by. She ran upto her Innster wagging her tail.

She licked his hanu" andjumped up on him, and ,ccmed

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yery glad to see him. She be-haved very much like a dog.

WOLVES IN A TRAP.

Though the wolf is very savagewhile runuing louse ill the woods,ns SOOll 'Ill he is caugl.t in a traphe becomes quiet, and ofteu actalike a coward. Sometimes .helets tllO hunter drag him out andlay him on the ground, whilethe trap is set tor another wolf.

Once a deep pit was dng lIS atrap for a wolt: In the eveningII poor WOlllan, who \l'1IS goinghome from her work, unlortu-nately fell into it, and conld uotget out. She had to stay thero

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all night. Some time duringilie night II wolf also fell in,llnd he eou]d not get ont. Thepoor wOlllan WIlS very mnchfrightcned when she found her-self in thc wolf:trnp, and kncwshe IIlU5t wait until somc onehelped her out. But she WlIBstill 1Il0re frighteued when shefonnd a wolf come tumbling in.Shc expected to he eaten up.

But the wolf was about asmuch seared llB shc was, aud laythere all night lIS quiet lIS alamb. In the 1Il0rning II lIlanpa......;ing by that way hcard thewomlln call, aud helped herout. lie then went to his house,

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and got his gun and ~hot thewolt:

A gentleman OIlCO ,isited 8farmer in a part of the countrywhere thore were a great IIl1mywoh-os. Tho)" were very trouble.some, eomilll,( into the barn.yards, and killillg lalllus, andcalves, and chickens. Thefarmors all tried to catch and tokill as many us they eould. Atthe .ery time this gentleman,isited hi. friend, some of thoneighLol"8 had got readJ' to makea big wolt:trap, lInd he, of course,wanted to .ee it.

lie went out with the fanneroand saw the trap made. It ws.

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After getting the trap all fixedthey went home. The nextmorning they came hack to t.hotrap and there wel'e three higwolves, two of them black, lIndone of them gra.v, They hadstepped on the plank to !,'Ct the"eni~ou, lIud down they weut.They seemed to be very muchfrightened, and let the fill'merget down into the pit and fastentheir legs. They did not oflcrto hurt him.

THE SAYAGE GilAV WOLF.

An officer of the Americanarmy was one day riding over aprairie. lIe Ilad a fast hol'toC,

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ntH] tbcre were with hilll four orfive very' fil"t, and bravc, andstrong dogs. One of these dogsWlIS a great pet with him, andwas named Clcon. lIe was afine, large, black dog.

1\.S the officer wus riding by aclump of big bushes, a very largegray wolf' suddcnly spraug fromthem and rail across the prairie.The dogs start cd after him, andthe officer rode as filst as hecould. lIe wanted to have hisdogs kill the wolf if possible. }Iecould not do it himself, tor hehad no rille, nor evell a pistolwith him.

In a little while tho dogs

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overtook thc wolt; lInd a greatfight bcgan. The wolf was ,'crysavagc, awl hurt seycral of thcdogs vcry milch. Old Cleansprang at him. The wolf openedhis groat jaws, and snappingthem o"cr the dog's head, heldhim fast. His Illaster was verysorry to see thi", hut he hadnothing with him bJ' which hecould kill the woll: l'oor Cleonwas in a very had way,

Then the officer, seeing thatthe wolf was likely to kill hisdog, got 011'his horse, and welltup to the wolf and canght him£.'181 by his hind leg. The wolfinstantly let go of the dog, and,

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before the officer could let go ofhim, he caught the officer by hislcg, holding it 118fa,t in his jaws8B he had just held the dog'shead. lic bit it vcry much,making a grcat wouud in it.

eleon, seeing this, made a.priug, and seized the sa\'agewolf hy his throat, and wouldDot let go. The wolf then lctgo hi8 hold of the officer, andleft him bleeding. JUBt at thistime an Indian boy came up,and the officer c

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it tight until they choked himto death.

THE RED WOLF, A.."D THElIUXTEIl'S SUPPER.

A hunter was oneo out onhon

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where he might sleep, for hewas a long distancc from IInyhou"cs or people, and had to.lcep ont of doors. He did notmind that, for he was llbCd to it.But he wanted Borne slipper be-fore he went to sleep, and thatWIIB the reason he had shot thedeer.

He made a fire of some drychip'" and lellye", and sticks hefOllnd, and then f3.f\teued themeat on some strong sticks righto\"er the fire. It WlIilllot a.~nicea way to cook it as might befound in a kitchen with 1\ goodstove, bnt it was tho best hecould do, and he was hungry

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enough to be ready to eat nlwo.;tanything.

While his 811pperwas cooking,he oct to work to clean his horse,j(lr the noble r\llilllal had carriedhim a ~ood nllln] milc>;, aneHceded all tho care ho could givehim. As he was cleaning hisIIO"'e, and thinking what a nicesnpper ho wOll]d 800n have, hel'eard 11 crackling sOllnd, lIS ofSOUle animal stepping UIl twigsand breakin~ thom.

lIe turned, I1nd thcre he sawa red wolf snatching his Illcatfrolll the fire. lIo instantly gothis pistol, and fired I1t tho wolfjust 118 he got out of sight in tile

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darkncss of the evening. So thepoor hungry hunter had to go tobed without IIn)" supper.

The next Illorning he awokchUligry enough .. At;; he wa:;getting ready to mount his IlOroe,and go ofl" without any brcnk.fll,t. lIe oall' somcthing lying Onthe grounu a little diM:lIlce on;and on going 1I\, to it he fonndthe red wolf dend and his 11Il1t:eookod mcat close b)" hi Ill. Thel,ullet l,e fired from his pistolhac! killed hilll. '1'11115the hnntcrhalf gune to bed hungry, andElept nil night, close by his sup-per without knowing it. Wasit not l'rol.oking?

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THE FOX.

~OHETIlI:'fn ABOUT TIlE FOX.

The fox is one of the mostcllnning animal" known. It i.hard work to catch une either hJdogs or in a trap. Foxes "Cemto know whenever a trap is setfor them, 110 mattcr how skiIlfullJit is put out of sight.

Foxes are of different color

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of a blui"h'~ray color in theSUlIllllcr, and bCllutifully whitein the wiutcr.

Foxes li,'c in burrows, whichthe,\"scoop out of the carth with ,their strong paws. They makelong, winuing pa~!;agC8 undergl'oUllU among tile rOuts lit' largetree., or hctwccn IIClI"Y .tone".At tllc cnd of the,;e passage" thene,!.., lire lIlade, and here thet'"xes 1III"e their liUme".

There is a very singular and nver,y strong sinell COIning fr(lIn1I fox. It is hy mean. of this'that dogs can chase foxc;;. Thedugs ran wit I. their noses eloseto the ground, lInd they thus

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,;:nell ont every spot where fL foxhas trodden, The faxes knowtld,. as well as tl,C dogs, and tr)'e"cry means they can to keep

, the dog>' from finding tllCm.A f(.x that is followed 1>." the

dOb'" will ",",metimes come "ackon tho traek he hilS made, lIndthen jump f\ long distalleo on llnoside and run off. Tim do~ comoup, and smell the track untilthey corne to the place where thefox turned hal'k, when they arepuzzled to know whieh wa)' he hasgone, The)' run haek and forth,trying to get the r.ccnt again,and while the)' arc doing thisthe fox runs fill' awa)',

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FOXES TIIAT COULD KOT BE

CAt:GII1'.

Some huntero were one dayfollowing a fox with their dogs.The due:. tracked him throughtho woods, IIIllI acrosa the plain,and over the hills, until thoycmno to a "01')' stecp hilL Theystarted up the hill at full .peed,and ran down on the other sideto the uottom, but the)' found nofox. TIe IJad .1)'1)' hiddeu him-self elul;e to the ground, justo,-er the erc:;! of the hilL Thedogs !'an up tho hill and overthe top 80 fllst that they passedtho spot whero he was hidden,

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and before they could get backhe had escaped.

An!lther fox wail chased bydogs and hunter. a good manytillles without being canght.They could track him up a ,'eryhigh hill, the top of whieh wasthe edge of a precipice. A pre-cipice is the side of a hill that isso .teep it is almost like a wall,straight up and down. Whenthey got to the edge of this pre-cipice the dogs could no longersmell the fox's track.

lIe had gone, hut wlICre hadhe gone 1 He could not ha\'ogone down thiil precipice, tor itwas too steep tor him to wall,; •

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down, and too deep to jump, itbeing several hundl'lld feet to thebottom. Yet every time thedog. chased this fox he came tothe top of the hill alld thcn .ud-denly diBappearc,1. A few daysafter the dOh'" wonld find him inthe woodg Bc\'erul mileg away,hut they could not catch him,

Onc of the hUlltcrs thought hewould Btndy ont this matter nndtry to find the fox's secret. Sohe hid l,imself IIcar the edge ofthis hill olle day when the rlogswere chasing the fox, alld waitedfor him to come, Uy ~nd bythe fox came alld looked over theedge. He thcnlct himsclfdowIl

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by hi. claw;; to II littlc ohelt' ofrock about ten feet dOll'n thehill-;;ide, and went into a hollowplace where the man could notsee him.

It wus yery plain now howthe fox had got aWa)' frolU thedog •. nnt how could he getIHtck from his hiding-place? Hegot down there easily enough,hut he Burel} could not climbback again. One of the hunterssaid he meant to find out allabout it. J [e would go downhimself and Bee where the enu-ning old fox had gone.

lIe could not climb down tothe narrow rock as t.he fox had

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d,me. So the others ):iIlL fI otontrope: find tied it aroll1"l his hodyjust unuer his flrlm, find let himdown. Ife first p;ot on thegrouud lInd put his feet over theedge, lInd then let himself hanga moment by his hands, when helet go of the edge uf the cliff,nnu took hold of the rope withboth hands. !Tis friendil held onn; tightly ail they 'Could, for hewa.:;; now do.n~ling in the air, nndif the rope hau hroken, or theyh",1 105t their hold, he wouldhave rallen to the bottom andhcen dashed to pieces.

lIe ooon felt hi, foot touchingthe roeky shelf where he had

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seen the fox go, and found thatthere wa~ a 'I'ide gal' or erackiu the rock. [[e weut iuto thi8,and found hehind it a little ca"e,hut he eonld not find allY fox.OIl lookiug closely he 8aw thatthere Wa; a hole Ilt the othorend of the oal'e, leading to thet0l' of the gl'onnd, and t.hroughthis the lox got out when hewanted to..

lIe might hal'O gone in thatway, hnt if ho had the dug,;could hal'O smclled his traok, andfollowcd him into the oave.• 1sit was they could only followhim to tho edge of' the hill, audthoro Imd to give np the scarch.

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TITE WO~IlEHFUL FOX,

Thcrc was oncc a !:,'Tay foxthat pnzzled the hnntcrs for along ttlllC. It \\'llS a vcry casymatter to find him on almostan~' morning of the ,ycar b;rscnding dogs into a large fieltl,near which he IIlust have hadhis !.nu'row. They would soonstart. him from tho briaril andbn~he", and ,;ct him running,but they novcr could catch him.

Fox-huutcril from diflerentneighborhoods houI'I1 about thiswonderful fox and brought thcirdogs, They had no trouble in

* seeing him, but that Wlls aU.

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They could tr~ck him alwa,)'. toone spot, the comer of an oldfield, unt they ne\'er fonnd himthere, thongh it was ccrtain 110had uoen there. lIol\' did heget away, and whcre had liegone 1 NolJouy knew, anu no.uody could guc.s.

This wonderfnl fox uecamequite famons for many mile:;around. E\'ery one talked auonthim. The dogs seemed to heashamed of them:;eh'cs to thinkthey could not finu him. Theydid Ilot care any more to nlllafter him.

At last, olle day, olle of thehUllters hid himself Ilear the

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comer of the field where the foxUSUl~lly disappeared, Rnd waitedto 000 what became of him. Ina little while he heard the dogsycl pin~, ami knew the fox lI1uslhe getting near. Soon he camein sight. "Then he reached thecorner of the Held he jumpedto the lop of thc rail fence,and walked along it for somedistance.

There WIlS in the field, abonttwelvc or fifteen feet from thefcnce, an old dead tree. '\\Ilenthe fox g.ot opposite to this treehe made a spring, and lighted ona large knot which was on one6ide of the trunk. ile then ran

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up the trunk until he came to ahollow place in the tree, whenhe went in and hid himself. Thodogs 800n came up, but. of COUT8Ccould not find the fox.

The lIlan who found this outthought that thi8 fox was toocunuing to be killed, 80 he keptthe sceret to himself. T11e foxcoutinued to puzzle dogs andhuntel'l! for a loug timc atlcrwurd,until another 1I1l1I1 thought hewould wHtch. lIe found out the8ceret, und bcillg le:;s mercifultlllln the first mUll, he cut dowuthe tree, and took the wonderfullox prisoner.

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now A FOX WAS CAUr;HT DY .\LIMPET.

1\. limpet is II euriou. littlecreature that ]ms a shell 011 itsback, and lives like o)"sters, in thewnter and among the rocks.Li IIIpets fasten thelllseh'es to theruck ill such a wa)" that it is verj'hard to get them off. Sometillle.tho)" rllise the shell from the rock,Illid then if anyone is quiekellongh, they mny be suddenlytakon off.

They are very good to cat.1[on eat them, and so do the]nrge sea-birds wheu they canget. them. These birds wateh

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until the limpet raises its shell,when they quiekly put in thesharp beak, and get it off therocks.

A fox went one day to thoshore to Bee what ho could findto ent. ITe watched by a rock,(.hile the tide was down, untilhe saw a limpet gently rai,;c itBshell from the rock. ITe thenput hiB tongue in under the shellto get the imide out. .No doubthe moant to get a nice morselfor diuner. TInt, just a, he waBahout to get the inside of the rlimpet out, down came the shelleloBe to the rock, and held himfast by his tongue. IIere was a

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bad ,tate of thilll:,"" I IIstead ofcntching the limpet, the limpethad eaught him; and, what wasWOlOe,held on to him, and would1I0t let him go.

The poor fox tried hard to getaway. TIc tried to hreak theEhell with his jaw, but he couldnot !;et it fairly between histeeth, hecnuse hi, tongue WIlS inthe way. 11e tried to push it ofl'with his paw, hut he lIligl.t aswell ha\'e tried to pLlsh the rockO\'er. lIe yell'e,l and cried outwith thc pnill, uut it did nogood. The limpet held him tast.

Soon the tide began to rise.The fox felt the water touching

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hi~ hind fcet, as the)' stood uponthe Blllld, It rose hi!;hcr andhi;;hcr. It co"ered his bod.I' alldtook him off lli~ feet. Still thelimpct held on. He wasn't afraidof bein!; drowned. He couldli,"c as well in the water as outof it. Hut thc poor fox couldnot. The water at last ClImcul' 10his mouth and covercd him,alld hc was drowllcd.

TIlE TA~(E FOX.

Foxes are ofteu tamed, hutthey arc thell just as full oftrick> liS when thc)' arc wild .A tame fox was ollce kept in astahlc")"ard, where . he became

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Yer)" friendly with the dogs, uutcould not get any of the Cllt. toCOllie near him. ThtJ~' did notlike his strong smell.

IJe 80011 foulld this out, lllldmallaged by meaus of it to cheatthe cats out of their Blll'per.£"cr)" d ..y the ser\"l\nt ponreduut in a SJLucer :;01110nice 6WCctn.ilk for the eats. Xow the foxW'\.Sll.S foud of milk .18 the cat.,uut did not ;;et it tluite 80 oftell.As they would not gi,'e it tohim he stole it. It might .It; tora fox to steal Whllt he could notget otherwise, uut it would 1I0tdo for yuu "",lllle.

Une day, as 80011 a" the .erv-

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ant ponreu out the milk lor thecat,. the fox walkeu round llmlround the saucer until the :;en',ant got out of tho way. Thol'at:; wuult! not cume unywherewhero the fox was, nor wouldthey touch IlnJthin~ 'ill hadtonelled. So ho got their milkm'ery day, until tho ROn"antfunnd him ont, whon thomilk was pnt whero he couldnot get it, but where tho catscould.

A fler this ho tried anotherpilln. One daJ" as the milkmaidpa""cu him in tho haru'yard, heruhhed himself against tho milk-pail aud tainted the milk with a •

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strong foxy smell. Of COlmcthe milkmaid Boon found thatthe milk was unfit to bc u;cd inthe hon5e, and, not thinking t1mtthe fox had done it pnrposely,she gave it all to him. This wasjust what he wanted.

Rnt he tried this trick so oftenthat the milkmaid found him out,and then 5he go,,"e the foxy milkto the pigs. When the fox sawthat he only helped to feed thepig" he did not care any moreto rub himself against the milk-pail.

He sometimes cheated thedogs out of their dinner. lIehated the sight of ragged beg-

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gar;;, and alway~ drove them fromthe door. The hoIOe;; did notlike him, und whenever he cameinto the stable they beemne ycryIlIIeM)', and could not be quieteduntil he went out.

FOX A.."D GEESE,

A gentleman was once walk-illg near tho hank of a rh-erwhere BOlllOgcesc were swim-ming. Presently he heard agreat noiBe among the geose, andsaw tllCm flap their wing, andgo off, gabbling as lond as theyconld, all expept one, whieh sud-denly wellt undel' water,

In a mOlllent more he saw a

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fo:' come out of the water, hold.in/!; a goose by the neck. Irehad gone quietly in, swimmingunder water with nothing nboveit but the tip of his nose. Thushe paddled along unti] hecallie up to the geese, when hemddenly seized one in hisstrong jaws and swam to theshore.

By the time he got to theshore the goose was dead. ItWlL'\ either choked by tlm fox, ordrowned hy the water. Thetux went to a place underthe shadow of a rock, wherehe scooped n hole in the softground and bnried the I]eaq

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goooe, covering tho body withlea'.es.

Ho thon went into the wateraguin and SWUIII as hefore, andtried to get another guu,;c; butthis time tho gCC80 were wideuwake and watehing for him,80 that he did not get any more.lie only frightened them off.

,rhen he came to the shore hetrotted offintu the woods. Whatho went for, or why 1.0 loft hisbnried goose, the gentlelllllu didnot then know, though he foundout afterward. As soon as howas out of sight the man went toth.o 8pot whoro tho goose was,took it out of tho leaves, and put

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it in his basket, and started offwith it.

lIe had not gone far beforehe heard a noise, 'Uld on lookingaround he saw the fox comingout of the woods and bringingauother one with him. Xo doubthe had gone to ask him todinner~ lIe hud told him in thefox JIUlgnnge, whatever that maybe, thnt he had killed a goose,and they would both get a nicediuner.

So these two foxes came gaylyon, as bappy as foxes could be.They jumped high up in the air,tbey swung their grellt bushytail,; Oil high, tbey smacked their

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lips, and playfully patted eachother with their paw •. SoontllC~' came to the place wherethe fox had left the i-:0o.e, Lutno goo.e wa. tllCre. There Wailthe hole, aud there were theleaves, but where was the goose 1

The fi,."t fox now looked ,'erymean, U8 if he had been caughtin a trick. Hi. tail fCil until ittouched the ground. Hc hunghi. head, and shyed awaj' fromthe other' one. The ;;eeond fox,which he had a"ked to dinner,looked at him for a moment, /lndthen went up to him amI boxedl.i. ear., and gave him a gooduJating for l,al'ing cheated him, •

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But, poor fellow! it wa5 he him-self that had been cheated.That was an nnfortunate da)" lOt'him. lIe lost hi5 dinner, and gota heating in phlce of it.

TilE FOX AND TilE PARTI\IDOE.

A man who was ant huntingonce spierl a gmy fox moving810wl)" along in the tall grass.The gentleman thought he wonldnot shoot the lox until he hadFeen what he was about, lor hesuspected from his Illotions thathe was up to some mischief. llethus had a fine chance to seehow foxes hunt. They have nogUllS or pistols, )"et they call

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catch bird" more easilJ' thansome men who have a gun toshoot with,

Tile cunning fox was mOl-in!;again.t the ,dlld; that is, thewilld was blowillg in his face ashe wellt alOllg. In this WllJ" hecould tell if there were llllJ' ani-UIlI!S uhead of him, fur the windwould cllrrJ' their slllell to LisnORe. After l\ while he stopped,Illld squatted on his haunches.K u dou],t he began to get ,thesceut of something.

Xow he moved on very slowly,Lolding his nose up verJ' Ligh,llnd wagging his l'ead from sideto side. After going on in this

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way for wrne time, he 8toppeo,aud pointed his nose ri~ht towarda clump of grass which was notfar from him. He stll)"ed per-feetl)" still for a moment or two,stcadil.}' looking into the grass.Then he made a sudden spring,and instantly there was II whir-ring and fluttering wuno ofhiriJi;. A partridge and someof her brood flew out of thegrass, and the next moment thefox appeared, holding in hismouth a plump partridge, whiehwas struggling for its life. Butit was of no lIse. ~lr. Fox hadhim by the neck, and soon killedhim llnd ate him for his supper.

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Many other stories might betold of the cunning of the fox ifthere \\'a. room for thelll in thislittle book. A fox \\'as onceknown to dri,'o another fox outof hi. hole when he hilllself WlIBehased by do/.(s and was gettingtired. Thus the .econd tux WIISfollowed by the dogs, while thefil'8t one went into his hole andstaJ'ed there until the dogs hadpassed.

TIIE END.

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