48 BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND-TOP 
warm ground and then another. And, in 
a moment, he was out of the Hollow Tree 
House and coaxing Tommy to come out 
for a scamper. But Tommy only curled 
up by the opening in the tree and, after 
watching Bobby very interestedly for a 
moment or two, he cuddled down in a 
soft, little ball and was soon sound asleep. 
Now,—Bobby knew he was disobeying 
all the rules his mother had taught him so 
carefully, but he only intended to play 
just a moment and then scamper back to 
bed. The moonlight made big shadows 
that danced and played in the gentle 
spring wind and Bobby made big leaps at 
them, pretending to catch them. And 
then, acting as if he were badly fright¬ 
ened, he would dash madly back to the 
Hollow Tree, only to cautiously glide 
through the thicket again and pounce on 
another shadow. Little by little, farther 
and farther, his venturesome dashes car- 
