BRUNO, MY PET COYOTE 



sprang at the rabbit, jerked it unceremoniously 

 from the mother's mouth and with furious 

 snarls and many growls tore it to pieces. The 

 parent coyotes lay quietly in the warm sunshine 

 and proudly watched them. After this, having 

 discovered the home of my pet, I often carried 

 gophers in my traps and dropped their bodies 

 near the coyote's den where I was sure they 

 would be found. 



The summer wore on ; the fields were green 

 and so beautiful. The farmers were hopeful of 

 another prosperous year. All unexpectedly there 

 came a hot wind and sand-storm. In a few 

 hours the green fields of corn, the grass, and the 

 very plants of the prairie itself were brown and 

 withered by the scorching wind. The tame 

 cattle as well as the wild vegetable-feeding ani- 

 mals were deprived of much of their fall and 

 winter food. The severe winter set in early. 

 On the morning of the i6th of November a 

 characteristic snowstorm came ; the white flakes 

 fell thick and fast all that day and night. In 

 the morning it was clear, calm and cold ! The 

 whole earth was covered with a mantle of white 

 which sparkled in the bright sunshine like count- 

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