BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND-TOP 27 
then and there she gave them one of the ' 
most important lessons a little Bobby-cat 
can learn,—that at all times in the forest 
a little cat must keep perfectly still and 
not make the slightest sound! She cuffed 
Tommy’s ears with her heavy paws and 
she rolled Bobby over and bit him,—not 
too hard, but quite hard enough, in his 
furry neck! Bobby and Tommy learned 
their lesson very well and when Sally Red 
Squirrel, up in the hickory, chattered and 
scolded at them, they sat perfectly still 
and looked fierce just like their mother. 
And only their wiggling noses and twitch¬ 
ing little whiskers told that they were 
really hot brave and fierce at all, but just 
two very badly scared little cats! There 
were so many, many noises to startle a 
poor, little cat,—water dripped, dripped 
somewhere near by,—limbs of trees 
rustled and rattled as the wind brushed 
them against each other, sticks and twigs 
