Ragfgylwg 



ed after Molly, but she kept just beyond his 

 reach and led him where the million daggers 

 struck fast and deep, till his tender ears were 

 scratched raw, and guided him at last plump into 

 a hidden barbed-wire fence, where he got such a 

 gashing that he went homeward howling with 

 pain. After making a short double, a loop and a 

 baulk in case the dog should come back, Molly 

 returned to find that Rag in his eagerness was 

 standing bolt upright and craning his neck to 



see the sport. 



This disobedience made her so angry that she 

 struck him with her hind foot and knocked him 

 C-r--'V S .- ) over in the mud. 



(>< o'^K/ 1 0ne day as they fed on the near clover field 



\ ( %^f' ]§™ a red-tailed hawk came swooping after them. 

 *»t*V- -*** Molly kicked up her hind legs to make fun of 



him and skipped into the briers along one of 

 their old pathways, where of course the hawk 

 could not follow. It was the main path from 

 the Creekside Thicket to the Stove-pipe brush- 

 pile. Several creepers had grown across it, and 

 Molly, keeping one eye on the hawk, set to work 

 and cut the creepers off. Rag watched her, 

 then ran on ahead, and cut some more that 



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