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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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A
Jack-rabbit
running
from
its
enemy
ordinarily
covers
eight
or
nine
feet
at
a
bound,
and
once
in
five
or
six
bounds,
it
makes
an
observation
hop,
leaping
not
along,
but
high
in
the
air,
so
as
to
get
above
all
herbage
and
bushes
and
take
in
the
situation.
A
silly
young
Jack
will
make
an
observation
hop
as
often
as
one
in
four,
and
so
waste
a
great
deal
of
time.
A
clever
Jack
will
make
one
hop
in
eight
or
nine,
do
for
observation.
But
Jack
Warhorse
as
he
sped,
got
all
the
information
he
needed,
in
one
hop
out
of
a
dozen,
while
ten
to
fourteen
feet
were
covered
by
each
of
his
flying
bounds.
Yet
another
personal
peculiarity
showed
in
the
trail
he
left.
When
a
Cottontail
or
a
Wood-hare
runs,
his
tail
is
curled
up
tight
on
his
back,
and
does
not
touch
the
snow.
When
a
Jack
runs,
his
tail
hangs
downward
or
backward,
with
the
tip
curved
or
straight,
according
to
the
individual;
in
some,
it
points
straight
down,
and
so,
often
leaves
a
little
stroke
behind
the
foot-marks.
The
Warhorse's
tail
of
shining
black,
was
of
unusual
length,
and
at
every
bound,
it
left
in
the
snow,
a
long
stroke,
so
long
that
that
alone
was
almost
enough
to
tell
which
Rabbit
had
made
the
track.
Now
some
Rabbits
seeing
only
a
man
without
any
Dog
would
have
felt
little
fear,
but
Warhorse,
remembering
some
former
stinging
experiences
with
a
far-killer,
fled
when
the
foe
was
seventy-five
yards
away,
and
skimming
low,
he
ran
southeast
to
a
fence
that
ran
easterly.
Behind
this
he
went
like
a
low-flying
Hawk,
till
a
mile
away
he
reached
another
of
his
beds;
and
here,
after
an
observation
taken
as
he
stood
on
his
heels,
he
settled
again
to
rest.
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