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way he was going, and what his errand 

 was. 



In many cases there were unmistakable 

 evidences of murder, which, by the way, 

 is lawful in the woods, especially if one 

 is hungry. All the way from the poles 

 to the tropics the cottontail, who is one 

 of the prettiest creatures in the woods, is 

 food for other and larger animals. The 

 lynx, the wildcat, the wolverine, the 

 martin, the weasel, and many varieties of 

 foxes, all prey on the poor cottontail, who 

 thrives and multiplies in spite of his 

 many enemies. 



One day my grandfather came home 

 from the woods bringing something in 

 his mittens. He held each mitten by 

 the wrist and there was a wiggling and 

 squirming going on inside. 



He told me to go to the attic for an 

 old squirrel cage, and when it had been 



