Must Feed Her Growing Family Alone 
It was a task to feed her 
growing family, but every 
day she would catch a 
few field mice, or even 
surprise a ground bird on 
its nest. 
The father weasel started 
a rabbit from the thicket 
and chased it with long 
leaps. The rabbit could 
run five times as fast, but 
was too frightened. 
The weasel kept right on 
running and would have 
caught him, but a great 
hawk swooped down and 
carried the weasel away; 
so the rabbit was saved. 
