A FIERCE BATTLE IN THE TREE-TOPS " . . Frontispiece 



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 ' THE LITTLE ONES CAME OUT OF THEIR DEN AND BEGAN 



PLAYING TOGETHER " 



; LEAPING OUT OF THE TREE-TOP AND HURLING HIM- 

 SELF INTO THE FIGHT" 



' ONE OF THE CHICKS WAS RESTING UPON THE MOTHER'S 



BACK " 



1 ONCE MY OLD DOG DON STARTED A WOODCOCK " 



; THEN HE, TOO, SHOT OVER THE ROCK "... 



'THE SOFT TONGUE STRUCK ONE OF HIS TRAILING 



LEGS " 



MOOWEEN HAD BEEN HERE MANY TIMES AHEAD OF 

 ME" 



IlE DROVE OFF A MINK AND ALMOST KILLED THE 

 SAVAGE CREATURE" 



A FLASH OF SILVER FOLLOWING THE QUICK JERK OF 

 HIS PAW" 



'ESCAPED AT LAST BY SWIMMING AN ICY RIVER". 

 'THE BEAR AND HER CUBS ARE GATHERING BLUE- 

 BERRIES IN THEIR GREEDY, FUNNY WAY " . . 243 

 ' LUNGED AWAY AT A TERRIFIC PACE " . . . . 265 

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