BOBBY LYNX OF ROUND-TOP 53 
move! He was afraid this awful thing 
might be waiting for him just beyond 
those big branches. Bobby’s legs were 
trembling so that he kept slipping and 
sliding and his eyes watched this way and 
that as the big branches tossed in the wind 
and he could see the brightly lighted hill¬ 
side. 
Once, he saw a queer little animal go 
sniffling-snuffling along and his eyes grew 
big as he watched. What it was he didn’t 
know, but he surely would like to pounce 
on it! It was a very fortunate thing for 
Bobby that he was not able to do so, as it 
was Mrs, Porcupine and she would have 
filled his little nose and paws and even his 
mouth so full of sharp, pointed quills, 
that he would never have wanted to touch 
her again! But Bobby did not know this 
and he watched her very eagerly as long 
as he could see her. Then he began to give 
faint little “ meows ” way down in his 
