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make everybody angry, you silly Bird ? &quot; he said 

 to the Jay^, &quot; Do you learn this bitter talk from 

 listening to your Men friends while you are wait 

 ing for their scraps ? &quot; 



&quot; Perhaps so ; I learn many things from them, 

 and you learn from me. But go on, Bully Car 

 cajou. Tell us all why we re not fit to be Kings. 

 Perhaps Rof, there, would like to hear of his 

 failings.&quot; 



&quot; I don t want to be King,&quot; growled Rof, the 

 big Blue Wolf, surlily. 



&quot; No, your manners are against you,&quot; sneered 

 Jack ; &quot; you d do better as executioner.&quot; 



cc Well,&quot; commenced Carcajou, taking up the 

 challenge, &quot; to tell you the truth, we re all just a 

 little afraid of Rof. We don t want a despotic 

 Ruler if we can help it. I don t wish to hurt his 

 feelings, but when Blue Wolf got hungry his 

 subjects might suffer.&quot; 



&quot; I don t want him for King,&quot; piped Mink ; 

 &quot; his jaws are too strong and his legs too long.&quot; 



&quot; Oh, I could n t stay here,&quot; declared Blue 

 Wolf, cc and manage things for you fellows. 

 Next month I m going away down below Grand 

 Rapids. My Brother has been hunting there 

 with a Pack of twenty good fellows, and says the 

 Rabbits are so thick that he s actually getting 

 fat ;&quot; and Wolf licked his steel jaws with a hun- 



