the spring, but was now unused. The hawk and 
snake came right down into this nest. Here for 
some time the fight went on, and they tumbled 
about over the nest in great fashion. A wood- 
pecker had her nest in the tree only a few feet 
above. The noise caused her to come to the 
entrance of the hole and look out. After one 
look she departed in great, galloping bounds 
across the desert. In the end the hawk and 
snake fell to the ground. 
A few days later when the quails passed this 
way they found lying on the sand by the great 
cactus tree the skeleton of a snake wrapped 
about the remains of a hawk. There was not 
much left of either of them but bones, for the 
ants had quickly found them, and ants are ever 
a busy people. 
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AND so it went with the quail family day 
after day. They witnessed many of the little 
tragedies and comedies that are constantly being 
enacted among the wild creatures which men 
and women and children so seldom see. They 
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