ii 4 TIGER'S TEETH 



Meanwhile, the people in the cottage 

 were fearful that the policeman would 

 come their way and discover everything. 

 The old birds kept banging away at the 

 thatch, tearing out great mouthfuls of it in 

 an endeavour to get at the fledgelings. 

 Tiger did not dare to use his gun; the 

 situation frightened him; so he opened the 

 door. Immediately the cat pounced at a 

 young bird, but one of the old birds 

 swooped down and gave the cat a tap on 

 the head that sent it spinning away, to 

 drop dead with a hole in its skull that 

 Tiger could put two fingers in. The 

 youngsters, with nobody to stop them, got 

 right away, half flying and half hopping. 



" And since that day, zur," Muggy said 

 solemnly, " no raven has been known to 

 touch a lamb. That's as true as I'm sitting 

 here." 



The ravens have nested on the headland 

 again this year, using their old breeding 

 ledge; and I am glad that at least one pair 



