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stick, and thinking his sister respon- 

 sible, made a retaliatory lunge at 

 her, suggestive of some very human 

 little brothers and sisters, which 

 shall be nameless. Sister promptly 

 got out of the way. Mother, 

 unconcerned, calmly continued to 

 scratch her head with her left hind 

 foot. 



Soon after, however, her attitude 

 suddenly changed. She raised her 

 head in attention, gave two low 

 short grunts to the calves who also 

 became alert, and then rapidly 

 led them away from that peculiar 

 odour, which, being strange, it was 

 safe to assume was hostile. A faint 

 breeze springing up had disclosed 

 Sally's presence, and her Claudian 

 was gone. Had it not really been a 

 dream? No, the memory of it was 

 too vivid. 



As we all sat for a moment holding 

 the picture of the mother group in 

 our thoughts, my outward vision 

 took note of something not far off 

 in the darkness. It was a small 

 brilliant orange light that danced 

 in the air. It darted up and down 

 like a live thing "Look, what is 



