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trouble me. I crept up back of the old barn through the orchard 

 but did not find the turkeys. I went into the barnyard and then 

 I heard a few faint cackles near by in another building. I thought 

 I would go in through a nice little hole which I found. So in I 

 went, but "O silly fox" down came the door! I tried in every way 

 to get out, I did not care about the chickens, but they became 

 frightened and made a great deal of noise. What could I do? 

 Just then the dog began to bark near by and I knew that I was 

 caught. Shortly after, the farmer came and opened the door. 

 He was so surprised to see me that I might have escaped if I 

 had moved quickly. But I had lost all power to run and felt 

 very weak and powerless. The farmer grabbed me by the neck 

 and though I scrambled and bit at him furiously he carried me 

 out and put a cold hard band about my neck and left me in a 

 dark ill-smelling place. How I chewed and pulled at the chain 

 but soon found it of no use. I knew that I was in the power of 

 those dreadful beings. I could not sleep but feeling very unhappy 

 I curled down with my tail around me and thought how terrible 

 my life had become. If I had only followed my mother's advice! 



The next morning I heard shouts and the cry "A fox, a fox," 

 outside and three children opened the door and came into the 

 stable. How they jumped and screamed with delight! The boy 

 came toward me but I showed my white teeth at him and he did 

 not dare to touch me. I quaked with fear but soon saw that they 

 did not wish to hurt me. One of them brought me some strange 

 looking white stuff and threw it down close beside me. I would 

 not even smell of it but tried to hide myself among the straw which 

 they had thrown in. 



They went away but soon returned to take me. They pulled 

 and pulled on the chain trying to make me follow them but I held 

 back, digging my little claws into the floor. My head seemed 

 almost bursting but I would not move one inch. Then some one 

 took me by the back of the neck and carried me out into the sun- 

 light. I did not try to fight now. I was so frightened, I thought 

 I would surely be killed. They put me in a little house with 

 plenty of stuff for a bed and with the strong band still about my 

 neck, I slunk into the darkest corner and there stayed all the day. 

 I wondered if my mother at home would miss me. If she did she 

 would not come to this farmhouse for I heard the dog barking 

 not far away. How lonely and miserable I felt! but still I was 



