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was wind-borne to them. The mother 

 gave the warning " Chik." Three of them 

 quickly got to the safe old nest. Silver- 

 gray flattened on the up side of a rugged 

 limb; Cray, seeing nothing near, and 

 scoffing at their flurry, made for a big 

 crotch into which he could sink from 

 sight if need be, and waited. In vain his 

 mother cried, "Chik"; Cray wouldn't 

 "chik"; he wanted to know what it was 

 all about. The heavy trampling sound 

 came near. Silvergray peeped over and 

 could see very well ; it was the two-legged 

 Brute with the yellow yapping four-legs 

 that she more than once had met before. 

 They rambled slashingly around; the 

 Yap-cur eagerly wagging his hideous tail. 

 He swung his black snout in the air, gave 

 out a long " Yap!" another and another. 

 Then the Two -legs came slowly nearer, 

 staring up into the rooftrees and moving 

 awkwardly sidewise round and round the 



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