Tito 



sudden appearance of die mother, who gave 

 Tito a stinging blow on the side of the head 

 and ended her hunt for that day. She never 

 again made that mistake — she had sense. Once 

 or twice she had to jump to escape the strike 

 of a Rattlesnake. Several times she had been 

 fired at by hunters with long-range rifles. And 

 more and more she had to look out for the ter- 

 rible Gray Wolves. The Gray Wolf, of course, 

 is much larger and stronger than the Coyote, 

 but the Coyote has the advantage of speed, 

 and can always escape in the open. All it 

 must beware of is being caught in a corner. 

 Usually when a Gray Wolf howls the Coyotes 

 go quietly about their business elsewhere. 



Tito had a curious fad, occasionally seen 

 among the Wolves and Coyotes, of carrying in 

 her mouth, for miles, such things as seemed to 

 be interesting and yet were not tempting as eat- 

 ables. Many a time had she trotted a mile or 

 two with an old Buffalo-horn or a cast-off shoe, 

 only to drop it when something else attracted 

 her attention. The cow-boys who remark these 

 things have various odd explanations to offer: 

 one, that it is done to stretch the jaws, or keep 



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