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waited. Presently the little fellow ventured to 

 look again, but only for a moment, when he 

 dropped back out of sight to gain confidence 

 after which he repeated his venture. This time 

 he was bolder and stuck his head further out 

 and, not seeing the unwelcome guest who had 

 disturbed them, he raised his head a little higher 

 from the hillock, then cautiously pulled out his 

 whole body and sat straight up as before. After 

 looking for some time to make sure there was 

 no enemy he uttered several call barks. One 

 of his near neighbors answered him by sticking 

 its head out of a neighboring hillock and look- 

 ing around. On being assured that all was 

 safe the little animal came out and ran along 

 the well worn paths of the town. At different 

 burrows he would stop, sit up, and, with a queer 

 little jerk of his body and tail, bark for his 

 neighbors to come and join him. This brought 

 the Mayor out on his hillock of observation. 

 The animal, accompanied by two others whom 

 he had lately called from their homes, ran to 

 the Mayor's hillock and talked to him in prai- 

 rie-dog language, by little barks and yelps. 

 The first dog who, in his friendly little way, had 

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