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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Off
they
went--superb
runners
in
fine
fettle.
How
they
skimmed
across
the
snow,
raising
it
in
little
puff-puff-puffs,
each
time
their
nimble
feet
went
down.
This
way
and
that,
swerving
and
dodging,
went
the
chase.
Everything
favored
the
Dog,--his
empty
stomach,
the
cold
weather,
the
soft
snow,--while
the
Rabbit
was
handicapped
by
his
heavy
meal
of
alfalfa.
But
his
feet
went
puff--puff
so
fast
that
a
dozen
of
the
little
snow-jets
were
in
view
at
once.
The
chase
continued
in
the
open;
no
friendly
hedge
was
near,
and
every
attempt
to
reach
a
fence
was
cleverly
stopped
by
the
Hound.
Jack's
ears
were
losing
their
bold
up-cock,
a
sure
sign
of
failing
heart
or
wind,
when
all
at
once
these
flags
went
stiffly
up,
as
under
sudden
renewal
of
strength.
The
Warhorse
put
forth
all
his
power,
not
to
reach
the
hedge
to
the
north,
but
over
the
open
prairie
eastward.
The
Greyhound
followed,
and
within
fifty
yards
the
Jack
dodged
to
foil
his
fierce
pursuer;
but
on
the
next
tack
he
was
on
his
eastern
course
again,
and
so
tacking
and
dodging,
he
kept
the
line
direct
for
the
next
farm-house,
where
was
a
very
high
board
fence
with
a
hen-hole,
and
where
also
there
dwelt
his
other
hated
enemy,
the
big
black
Dog.
An
outer
hedge
delayed
the
Greyhound
for
a
moment
and
gave
Jack
time
to
dash
through
the
hen-hole
into
the
yard,
where
he
hid
to
one
side.
The
Greyhound
rushed
around
to
the
low
gate,
leaped
over
that
among
the
Hens,
and
as
they
fled
cackling
and
fluttering,
some
Lambs
bleated
loudly.
Their
natural
guardian,
the
big
black
Dog,
ran
to
the
rescue,
and
Warhorse
slipped
out
again
by
the
hole
at
which
he
had
entered.
Horrible
sounds
of
Dog
hate
and
fury
were
heard
behind
him
in
the
hen-yard,
and
soon
the
shouts
of
men
were
added.
How
it
ended
he
did
not
know
or
seek
to
learn,
but
it
was
remarkable
that
he
never
afterward
was
troubled
by
the
swift
Greyhound
that
formerly
lived
in
Newchusen.
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