them almost invariably, and tumble off on 



his back after a successful shot But in a 



moment he had scrambled back on a hoof 



again and was waiting for the next fly to ^t& 



light within range. The most curious part 



of it all was that he attached himself to one 



cow, and would seek her out of the herd 



wherever she was being milked. He never, 



so far as I observed, went near any of the 



others; and the cow after a time seemed to 



recognize the' toad as a friend, and would 



often stand still after being milked as long 



as K'dunk remained perched on one of her 



hoofs. 



As the summer waned and green things 

 disappeared from the garden he deserted 

 that also, going wider and wider afield in 

 his night's hunting. He grew wilder, too, 

 as all things do in the autumn days, till at 

 last no whistle, however loud, would bring 

 him back. Whether the owl caught him, 

 or whether he still looks forward to the 

 long life that Nature gives to the toads, I 

 do not know; but under the edge of the 

 portulaca bed, as I write, is a suspicious 



