STUBBS THE BADGER 
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and his nose told him that Grunter was down there 
before him. He slid underground, and limped 
through the comfortable darkness to the dormitory. 
There she slept with her limbs extended awkwardly. 
She did not awaken ; and Stubbs, flinging himself 
down with his head between her fore-paws, closed 
his eyes with a sigh of content. Two minutes later 
he was completely oblivious to light or darkness, 
man or beast, as he sank into a blessed sleep which 
bade fair to last far into the succeeding night. 
