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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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The
black
form
of
his
pursuer
was
crawling
down
the
far
white
prairie
slope.
Jack
hopped
quietly
into
the
yard.
A
long-legged
Rooster,
that
ought
to
have
minded
his
own
business,
uttered
a
loud
cackle
as
he
saw
the
Rabbit
hopping
near.
The
Dog
lying
in
the
sun
raised
his
head
and
stood
up,
and
Jack's
peril
was
dire.
He
squatted
low
and
turned
himself
into
a
gray
clod.
He
did
it
cleverly,
but
still
might
have
been
lost
but
for
the
Cat.
Unwittingly,
unwillingly,
she
saved
him.
The
black
Dog
had
taken
three
steps
toward
the
Warhorse,
though
he
did
not
know
the
Rabbit
was
there,
and
was
now
blocking
the
only
way
of
escape
from
the
yard,
when
the
Cat
came
round
the
corner
of
the
house,
and
leaping
to
a
window-ledge
brought
a
flower-pot
rolling
down.
By
that
single
awkward
act
she
disturbed
the
armed
neutrality
existing
between
herself
and
the
Dog.
She
fled
to
the
barn,
and
of
course
a
flying
foe
is
all
that
is
needed
to
send
a
Dog
on
the
war-path.
They
passed
within
thirty
feet
of
the
crouching
Rabbit.
As
soon
as
they
were
well
gone,
Jack
turned,
and
with-out
even
a
"Thank
you,
Pussy,"
he
fled
to
the
open
and
away
on
the
hard-beaten
road.
The
Cat
had
been
rescued
by
the
lady
of
the
house;
the
Dog
was
once
more
sprawling
on
the
boards
when
the
man
on
Jack's
trail
arrived.
He
carried,
not
a
gun,
but
a
stout
stick,
sometimes
called
"dog-medicine,"
and
that
was
all
that
prevented
the
Dog
attacking
the
enemy
of
his
prey.
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