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gan playing around among the brush as if nothing had 

 happened. 



An ordinary man having as narrow an escape from 

 death would be all of a tremble for an hour afterward, 

 and he would tell with bated breath how all his past life 

 passed before him. But the rule of the wilderness is 

 that each creature must individually acquire its own ex- 

 perience and not forget what experience has taught, but 

 at the same time not worry over past dangers. What 

 they teach us by their actions is, if we have had a close 

 call and escaped, don't borrow trouble; forget it! 



