18 BOBBY LYNX OF KOUND-TOP 
and was so exactly the color of the pine 
stump and Mother Lynx was so busily 
engaged in watching Jimmy that she did 
not see her at all. And then,—Mollie 
Rabbit gave a tiny squeak, for Mrs. Lynx 
sprang. It was truly a beautiful sight to 
see her,—one instant each muscle in her 
body seemed to coil tightly like a spring 
and then, they just shot her out over the 
rocks, free and clear, a graceful ball of 
grey fur that dropped like a flash right on 
Jimmy Weasel. 
