50 BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND-TOP 
was a treacherous place that all of the ani¬ 
mals kept away from until the hot sum¬ 
mer sun had dried it up, but naughty 
Bobby didn’t know that and he pulled his 
front feet out, only to find that his back 
legs were sinking deep in the ooze and 
water. A big bullfrog near by said “ Ker- 
chung ! ” so loudly that Bobby whim¬ 
pered with fear. And then, giving a hard 
pull, he leaped out of the sticky, muddy 
marsh and landed on a thick hummock 
that held him up. Bobby was badly 
frightened! He would have cried long 
and loud but he was afraid to! 
He leaped to another grassy tuft, then 
to another and another and soon he was on 
dry ground again, but where,—oh, where 
was the Hollow Tree House! Bobby 
was sure he knew,—it was back over the 
edge of the hill,—he was sure of that,— 
but, how could he ever get there? The 
wind brought him so many queer smells 
