AN ORIOLE'S NEST 69
VI. THE BUILDERS 77
VII. CROW-WAYS 101
VIII. ONE TOUCH OF NATURE 117
IX. MOOSE CALLING 121
X. CH'GEEGEE-LOKH-SIS 135
XI. A FELLOW OF EXPEDIENTS 152
XII. A TEMPERANCE LESSON FOR THE HORNETS 161
XIII. SNOWY VISITORS 167
XIV. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 181
XV. MOOWEEN THE BEAR 187
WAYS OF WOOD FOLK.
I. FOX-WAYS.
[Illustration]
Did you ever meet a fox face to face, surprising him quite as much as
yourself? If so, you were deeply impressed, no doubt, by his perfect
dignity and self-possession. Here is how the meeting generally comes
about.
It is a late winter afternoon. You are swinging rapidly over the
upland pastures, or loitering along the winding old road through the
woods. The color deepens in the west; the pines grow black against it;
the rich brown of the oak leaves seems to glow everywhere in the last
soft light; and the mystery that never sleeps long in the woods begins
to rustle again in the thickets. You are busy with your own thoughts,
seeing nothing, till a flash of yellow passes before your eyes, and a
fox stands in the path before you, one foot uplifted, the fluffy brush
swept aside in graceful curve, the bright eyes looking straight into
yours--nay, looking through them to read the intent which gives the
eyes their expression.
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