

Note to the Reader 



In offering this volume of Animal Stories, I 

 might properly repeat much of the Introduction 

 to " Wild Animals I have Known." 



In my previous books I have tried to empha- 

 size our kinship with the animals by showing 

 that in them we can find the virtues most 

 admired in Man. Lobo stands for Dignity 

 and Love-constancy ; Silverspot, for Sagacity ; 

 Redruff, for Obedience; Bingo, for Fidelity; 

 Vixen and Molly Cottontail, for Mother-love; 

 Wahb, for Physical Force; and the Pacing 

 Mustang, for the Love of Liberty. In this vol- 

 ume, Majesty, Grace, the Power of Wisdom, 

 the sweet Uses of Adversity, and the two-edged 

 Sorrows of Rebellion are similarly set forth. 



The material of the accounts is true. The 

 chief liberty taken, is in ascribing to one animal 

 the adventures of several. 



Of course we know nothing of the lamb-days 

 of Krag. I have constructed them out of frag- 



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