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Animal Heroes
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Ernest Thompson Seton
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Before
a
year
little
Arnaux
had
made
a
record.
The
hardest
of
all
work
is
over
the
sea,
for
there
is
no
chance
of
aid
from
landmarks;
and
the
hardest
of
all
times
at
sea
is
in
fog,
for
then
even
the
sun
is
blotted
out
and
there
is
nothing
whatever
for
guidance.
With
memory,
sight,
and
hearing
unavailable,
the
Homer
has
one
thing
left,
and
herein
is
his
great
strength,
the
inborn
sense
of
direction.
There
is
only
one
thing
that
can
destroy
this,
and
that
is
fear,
hence
the
necessity
of
a
stout
little
heart
between
those
noble
wings.
Arnaux,
with
two
of
his
order,
in
course
of
training,
had
been
shipped
on
an
ocean
steamer
bound
for
Europe.
They
were
to
be
released
out
of
sight
of
land,
but
a
heavy
fog
set
in
and
forbade
the
start.
The
steamer
took
them
onward,
the
intention
being
to
send
them
back
with
the
next
vessel.
When
ten
hours
out
the
engine
broke
down,
the
fog
settled
dense
over
the
sea,
and
the
vessel
was
adrift
and
helpless
as
a
log.
She
could
only
whistle
for
assistance,
and
so
far
as
results
were
concerned,
the
captain
might
as
well
have
wigwagged.
Then
the
Pigeons
were
thought
of.
Starback,
2592
C,
was
first
selected.
A
message
for
help
was
written
on
waterproof
paper,
rolled
up,
and
lashed
to
his
tail-feathers
on
the
under
side.
He
was
thrown
into
the
air
and
disappeared.
Half
an
hour
later,
a
second,
the
Big
Blue
Corner-box,
2600
C,
was
freighted
with
a
letter.
He
flew
up,
but
almost
immediately
returned
and
alighted
on
the
rigging.
He
was
a
picture
of
pigeon
fear;
nothing
could
induce
him
to
leave
the
ship.
He
was
so
terrorized
that
he
was
easily
caught
and
ignominiously
thrust
back
into
the
coop.
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