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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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"If
you
run
out
of
food
take
the
canoe
to
Ellerton's,"
was
the
brother's
last
word.
Who
was
to
take
the
canoe?
There
was
but
half
a
Chicken
now
between
them
and
starvation,
and
no
sign
of
Corney.
For
three
interminable
weeks
the
deadly
program
dragged
along.
It
went
on
the
same
yet
worse,
as
the
sufferers
grew
weaker--a
few
days
more
and
the
Boy
also
would
be
unable
to
leave
his
couch.
Then
what?
Despair
was
on
the
house
and
the
silent
cry
of
each
was,
"Oh,
God!
will
Corney
never
come?"
V
THE
HOME
OF
THE
BOY
On
the
day
of
that
last
Chicken,
Thor
was
all
morning
carrying
water
enough
for
the
coming
three
fevers.
The
chill
attacked
him
sooner
than
it
was
due
and
his
fever
was
worse
than
ever
before.
He
drank
deeply
and
often
from
the
bucket
at
his
head.
He
had
filled
it,
and
it
was
nearly
emptied
when
about
two
in
the
morning
the
fever
left
him
and
he
fell
asleep.
In
the
gray
dawn
he
was
awakened
by
a
curious
sound
not
far
away--a
splashing
of
water.
He
turned
his
head
to
see
two
glaring
eyes
within
a
foot
of
his
face--a
great
Beast
lapping
the
water
in
the
bucket
by
his
bed.
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