BOBBY LYNX OF BOUND-TOP 17 
going to be very foolish, indeed! For she 
was so curious,—so very curious, in fact, 
to see what Mother Lynx was after that 
she crept noiselessly out of the front door 
of the Spruce Tree House and hopped up 
the hill, where she could look down and 
see what it was that Mrs. Lynx was watch¬ 
ing. Mollie Rabbit’s little heart was beat¬ 
ing fast with fear, but her curiosity just 
urged her to hop along until she sat by 
an old pine stump right above the hollow 
where Jimmy Weasel was getting ready 
to have his breakfast. If Mrs. Lynx had 
not been so busily engaged watching 
Jimmy and the partridge, she would 
sureiy have seen foolish Mollie, and if she 
had,—poor, silly, little Mother Rabbit 
could never have reached her burrow be¬ 
fore Mrs. Lynx would have had her. For 
Mother Lynx preferred rabbit for break¬ 
fast to even a fat partridge. 
But Mollie had hopped along so quietly 
