Raggylug 



III 



Molly had no other children to look after 

 now, so Rag had all her care. He was unusu- 

 ally quick and bright as well as strong, and he 

 had uncommonly good chances ; so he got on 

 remarkably well. 



All the season she kept him busy learning the 

 tricks of the trail, and what to eat and drink 

 and what not to touch. Day by day she worked 

 to train him; little by little she taught him, 

 putting into his mind hundreds of ideas that her 

 own life or early training had stored in hers, 

 and so equipped him with the knowledge that 

 makes life possible to their kind. 



Close by her side in the clover-field or the 

 thicket he would sit and copy her when she 

 wobbled her nose ' to keep her smeller clear,' 

 and pull the bite from her mouth or taste her 

 lips to make sure he was getting the same kind 

 of fodder. Still copying her, he learned to 

 somb his ears with his claws and to dress his 

 coat and to bite the burrs out of his vest and 

 ©cks. He learned, too, that nothing but clear 



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