'Foam—A Razor-Backed Hog 
There be some whose loves must slowly join 
their lives, who must overcome doubts and try 
each other long before convinced. And there be 
those who know at once when they have met the 
one, their only fate. This brief decree Foam gath- 
ered from the post; and Griztl was sure when gently 
rubbing on her cheeks she felt the ivory scimitars 
that are the proofs and symbols of the other mind. 
“ | J She knew not what she went that day to seek, 
\ | 4 but now she knew she had found it. 
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Cis fe The barnyard saw no more of Foam for days, for 
2 A‘ 1} he wandered in the pleasant woods making close 
+ A 5 acquaintance with his new-found mate. The Red 
a a2 { rf Squirrel on the tree limb chattered and coughed 
seni { \.  betimes as though to let them know that he was 
{ w! \ about, but they sought the farthest woods and so 
saw little but its shyest native folk. 
Then one day as they wandered a strange noise 
? came from the swamp. Foam moved toward the 
‘aN Pad - place, with Grizel, hip near, following. The way 
wy vr was down the hill toward a black muck swale. 
{ f » Coming close they found the usual belt of tall ferns. 
= ‘ j i Foam pushed through these and in a moment 
ZB ye’ a found himself face to face with his foe, the huge 
Za (7 13 black Kogar’s Bear. 
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