How Animals Talk 



that; on the contrary, it was very much like what 

 I had observed in other inquisitive deer. The 

 only surprising part of the comedy was that the 

 doe, though she had felt the touch of my hand and 

 no doubt smelled the man behind it, stopped short 

 after a few jumps and turned to stare at the log 

 again. That she was still curious, still unsatis- 

 fied, was plain enough; what puzzles me to know 

 is, whether she would have acted in the same way 

 if one of the hungry hunters had been waiting in 

 my shoes for the chance or moment to kill her. 



