260 Trails to Woods and Waters 



" He did not have to wait long, for soon 

 Mr. Red Fox came creeping by. 



" ' Ah, here is a snap,' he said. ' My 

 breakfast already cooked. I do believe that 

 the skunk is the stupidest animal in ' 



" But Mr. Fox did not finish his remarks 

 for just at that point, when the fox was about 

 to jump, Mr. Skunk took out the stopper 

 from his magic bottle. 



" Mr. Red Fox turned a double somer- 

 sault in his haste to leave that part of the 

 woods, and he ran away yelping, and pawing 

 at his eyes and nose. 



" To this very day Mr. Red Fox always 

 takes off his hat when he meets a skunk, as do 

 all the other animals in the woods. 



" Camp fire is getting low, Harry, I guess 

 we had better turn in." 



We scrambled into the tent, like two boys, 

 and threw ourselves upon the luxuriant bed 

 of hemlock. Ben drew the outside blanket 

 over us and tucked it in and in fewer minutes 

 than it takes to tell it, I myself was standing 

 before the wood nymph asking that I might 

 be equipped with wings like the eagle. 



