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Animal Heroes
·
Ernest Thompson Seton
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Hard
times
and
easy
times
had
long
followed
in
turn
and
been
taken
as
matters
of
course;
but
recent
years
in
the
State
of
Kaskado
had
brought
to
the
Jack-rabbits
a
succession
of
remarkable
ups
and
downs.
In
the
old
days
they
had
their
endless
fight
with
Birds
and
Beasts
of
Prey,
with
cold
and
heat,
with
pestilence
and
with
flies
whose
sting
bred
a
loathsome
disease,
and
yet
had
held
their
own.
But
the
settling
of
the
country
by
farmers
made
many
changes.
Dogs
and
guns
arriving
in
numbers
reduced
the
ranks
of
Coyotes,
Foxes,
Wolves,
Badgers,
and
Hawks
that
preyed
on
the
Jack,
so
that
in
a
few
years
the
Rabbits
were
multiplied
in
great
swarms;
but
now
Pestilence
broke
out
and
swept
them
away.
Only
the
strongest--the
double-seasoned--remained.
For
a
while
a
Jack-rabbit
was
a
rarity;
but
during
this
time
another
change
came
in.
The
Osage-orange
hedges
planted
everywhere
afforded
a
new
refuge,
and
now
the
safety
of
a
Jack-rabbit
was
less
often
his
speed
than
his
wits,
and
the
wise
ones,
when
pursued
by
a
Dog
or
Coyote,
would
rush
to
the
nearest
hedge
through
a
small
hole
and
escape
while
the
enemy
sought
for
a
larger
one
by
which
to
follow.
The
Coyotes
rose
to
this
and
developed
the
trick
of
the
relay
chase.
In
this
one
Coyote
takes
one
field,
another
the
next,
and
if
the
Rabbit
attempts
the
"hedge-ruse"
they
work
from
each
side
and
usually
win
their
prey.
The
Rabbit
remedy
for
this,
is
keen
eyes
to
see
the
second
Coyote,
avoidance
of
that
field,
then
good
legs
to
distance
the
first
enemy.
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