to find where he lit, and then trace him on 

 his morning wanderings. 



One would think that this might be a 

 dangerous proceeding, sleeping on the ground ^g OfBeech 

 with no protection but the snow, and a score 'jPsfr/d^G 

 of hungry enemies prowling about the woods ; 

 but the grouse knows well that, when the 

 storms are out, his enemies bide at home, 

 not being able to see or smell, and therefore 

 afraid each one of his own enemies. There 

 is always a truce in the woods during a snow- 

 storm ; and that is the reason why a grouse 

 goes to sleep in the snow only while the 

 flakes are still falling. When the storm is 

 over and the snow has settled a bit, the fox 

 will be abroad again; and then the grouse 

 sleeps in the evergreens. 



Once, however, the old beech partridge 

 miscalculated. The storm ceased early in 

 the evening, and hunger drove the fox out 

 on a night when, ordinarily, he would have 

 stayed under cover. Some time about day- 

 break, before yet the light had penetrated to 

 where the old beech partridge was sleeping, 

 the fox found a hole in the snow, which told 



