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alarmed him. His curiosity was aroused and 

 at last overcame his fear and better judgment. 

 He crept back to the object of attraction and 

 made bold enough to stick the end of his nose 

 into the dog's ear. The dog thus rudely awak- 

 ened grabbed the curious little beast by the 

 back of his neck and soundly shook him. 

 When the dog saw me he dropped my thor- 

 oughly frightened pet and walked away in a 

 most disgusted manner. Ever afterwards he 

 treated the three little pets as he did the cat, 

 never even deigning to notice them. 



The following week the winter supply of 

 soap was made in a great iron kettle, hung over 

 an open fire in the yard. In the afternoon I 

 shut the skunks into the granary, for I feared 

 they would be attracted by the scraps of meat 

 used in making the soap. At night the con- 

 tents of the great iron kettle were turned into 

 tubs to cool and harden. The next morning 

 when I went to the granary to release my pets 

 Cannibal was nowhere to be found. 



Just above the oat-bin a little door had been 

 left open. Through this opening Cannibal 

 must have escaped. With Mongola and Snip 

 E>9] 



