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their clamorous appetites; and in the bright 



afternoons and the long summer twilights ___ ___ , 



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the mother led them forth on short journeys « •<„* mm 



to hunt for themselves. No big caribou 

 or cunning fox cub, as one might suppose, 

 but " rats and mice and such small deer " 

 were the limit of the mothers ambition for 

 her little ones. They began on stupid grubs 

 that one could find asleep under stones and 

 roots, and then on beetles that scrambled 

 away briskly at the first alarm, and then, 

 when the sunshine was brightest, on ^ — % / /&.--4 

 grasshoppers, — lively, wary fellows ijfe '^'^ l<f\ 

 that zipped and buzzed away just *"pK& \YJ "k- 

 when you were sure you had /Jvj 



them, and that generally landed 4A^ ^~WjrSlfl 

 from an astounding jump facing in a[ ft 

 different direction, like a flea, so as to be 

 ready for your next move. 



It was astonishing how quickly the cubs 

 learned that game is not to be picked up 

 tamely, like huckleberries, and changed their 

 style of hunting, — creeping, instead of trot- 

 ting openly so that even a porcupine must 

 notice them, hiding behind rocks and bushes 



