324 Trails to Woods and Waters 



Alaskan moose sometimes weigh ninety or a 

 hundred pounds, and are six feet across. 



" According to one of my camp fire legends, 

 Harry, Red Buck didn't use to drop his horns 

 each year, but they were taken away from him 

 as a punishment, just to keep him from being 

 too high and mighty. 



" In those old days, when he kept his horns 

 for the entire year, he got to be so high step- 

 ping, and so combative that there was no 

 peace for any one. He would even charge the 

 rabbits and foxes, or anything that came his 

 way. Often the spirit of combat was so 

 strong within him that he would butt his own 

 mate about, and he finally got so that he occa- 

 sionally killed his own fawn, especially if the 

 fawn happened to be a buck. 



" At last he got so bad that all the wood 

 folks, including Red Buck's mate, went to the 

 Wood Nymph and made complaint against 

 him. Mrs. Red Buck was loath to do this, 

 but she really could not stand having her 

 fawns killed. 



" When the good Wood Nymph heard all 



