so strangely still on the ground. Why 

 did he not come? And those two crea- 

 tures whose smell they feared why did 

 he stay so near? 



They took a few steps nearer and 

 again waited, eyes and ears and uplift- 

 ed hoofs asking the question, " Why 

 doesn't he come? Why does he let 

 those dreadful creatures go so close?" 

 Then, as we bent over their fallen hero, 

 they knew he was forever lost to them, 

 and fear sent them speeding out of sight. 



