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Animal Heroes
·
Ernest Thompson Seton
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After
the
sixth
time
the
rabbit-keepers
grew
enthusiastic,
and
Mickey,
commander-in-chief
of
the
brigade,
became
intemperate
in
his
admiration.
"Be
jabers,
he
has
a
right
to
be
torned
loose.
He
has
won
his
freedom
loike
ivery
Amerikin
done,"
he
added,
by
way
of
appeal
to
the
patriotism
of
the
Steward
of
the
race,
who
was,
of
course,
the
real
owner
of
the
Jacks.
"All
right,
Mick;
if
he
gets
across
thirteen
times
you
can
ship
him
back
to
his
native
land,"
was
the
reply.
"Shure
now,
an'
won't
you
make
it
tin,
sor?"
"No,
no;
I
need
him
to
take
the
conceit
out
of
some
of
the
new
Dogs
that
are
coming."
"Thirteen
toimes
and
he
is
free,
sor;
it's
a
bargain."
A
new
lot
of
Rabbits
arrived
about
this
time,
and
one
of
these
was
colored
much
like
Little
Warhorse.
He
had
no
such
speed,
but
to
prevent
mistakes
Mickey
caught
his
favorite
by
driving
him
into
one
of
the
padded
shipping-boxes,
and
proceeded
with
the
gate-keeper's
punch
to
earmark
him.
The
punch
was
sharp;
a
clear
star
was
cut
out
of
the
thin
flap,
when
Mickey
exclaimed:
"Faix,
an'
Oi'll
punch
for
ivery
toime
ye
cross
the
coorse."
So
he
cut
six
stars
in
a
row.
"Thayer
now,
Warrhorrse,
shure
it's
a
free
Rabbit
ye'll
be
when
ye
have
yer
thirteen
stars
like
our
flag
of
liberty
hed
when
we
got
free."
Within
a
week
the
Warhorse
had
vanquished
the
new
Greyhounds
and
had
stars
enough
to
go
round
the
right
ear
and
begin
on
the
left.
In
a
week
more
the
thirteen
runs
were
completed,
six
stars
in
the
left
ear
and
seven
in
the
right,
and
the
newspapers
had
new
material.
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