he-wolf had appeared at a distance and then 

 vanished; and the cubs, trotting along behind 

 the mother, knew nothing of what was com- 

 ing or what was expected of them. They 

 lay in hiding on the lee side of the thicket, 

 each one crouching under a bush or root, 

 with the mother off at one side perfectly hid- 

 den as usual. 



Presently a rabbit appeared, hopping along 

 in a crazy way, and ran plump into the jaws 

 of a wolf cub, which leaped up as if out 

 of the ground, and pulled down his game 

 from the very top of the high jump which 

 Moktaques always gives when he is suddenly 

 startled. Another and another rabbit ap- 

 peared mysteriously, and doubled back into 

 the cover before they could be caught. The 

 cubs were filled with wonder. Such hunting 

 was never seen before; for rabbits stirred 

 abroad by day, and ran right into the hungry 

 mouths instead of running away. \'f^T^^ 

 Then, slinking along like a shadow #'^ 

 and stopping to look back and sniff ^§|||k| 

 the wind, appeared a big red fox $0^, 

 that had been sleeping away the 



73 



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