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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Then
to
his
surprise
down
crashed
the
animal
quite
dead;
it
was
not
a
Bear,
but
a
large
Porcupine.
As
it
lay
there
he
examined
it
with
wonder
and
regret,
for
he
had
no
wish
to
kill
such
a
harmless
creature.
On
its
grotesque
face
he
found
two
or
three
long
scratches
which
proved
that
he
had
not
been
its
only
enemy.
As
he
turned
away
he
noticed
some
blood
on
his
trousers,
then
saw
that
his
left
hand
was
bleeding.
He
had
wounded
himself
quite
severely
on
the
quills
of
the
animal
without
knowing
it.
He
was
sorry
to
leave
the
specimen
there,
and
Loo,
when
she
learned
of
it,
said
it
was
a
shame
not
to
skin
it
when
she
"needed
a
fur-lined
cape
for
the
winter."
On
another
day
Thor
had
gone
without
a
gun,
as
he
meant
only
to
gather
some
curious
plants
he
had
seen.
They
were
close
to
the
clearing;
he
knew
the
place
by
a
fallen
elm.
As
he
came
to
it
he
heard
a
peculiar
sound.
Then
on
the
log
his
eye
caught
two
moving
things.
He
lifted
a
bough
and
got
a
clear
view.
They
were
the
head
and
tail
of
an
enormous
Lynx.
It
had
seen
him
and
was
glaring
and
grumbling;
and
under
its
foot
on
the
log
was
a
white
bird
that
a
second
glance
showed
to
be
one
of
their
own
precious
hens.
How
fierce
and
cruel
the
brute
looked!
How
Thor
hated
it!
and
fairly
gnashed
his
teeth
with
disgust
that
now,
when
his
greatest
chance
was
come,
he
for
once
was
without
his
gun.
He
was
in
not
a
little
fear,
too,
and
stood
wondering
what
to
do.
The
Lynx
growled
louder;
its
stumpy
tail
twitched
viciously
for
a
minute,
then
it
picked
up
its
victim,
and
leaping
from
the
log
was
lost
to
view.
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