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Identifier: littleforesterss00hawk (find matches)
Title: The little foresters: a story of field and woods
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Hawkes, Clarence, 1869-1954
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: New York, T. Y. Crowell & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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aving found none was on his way hometo the spruces, when he scented the blood spotsfrom Euffs first plunge in the snow, and thenby circling round and round, he found hissecond plunge and was now digging stealthilyfor him. There was one hope of escape. Ruff hadtaken the precaution to burrow several feet inthe snow towards a shallow place; he nowhoped to reach this place in the drift before thefox reached him. He began quietly burrowingaway from the sound of the foxs digging. Hecould not dig very fast lest the fox might hearhim, and all the time Sir Eeynard was gettingnearer and nearer to him. It was a fearfulmoment for Euff, but his quick wit and strongnerve did not forsake him. At last he couldfeel the snow giving above him, but the foxwas almost upon him; he could hear his eagersniffing and frantic digging. With a quickmotion he brushed the snow away and witha whir of his wings rose in air, but he wasnot quicker than the lithe fox that sprang athim as he rose. There was a snap of the
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THE PARTRIDGE BROKE AWAY AND WHIRRED OVER THE TREE-TOPS. A NIGHT WITH RUFF GROUSE. 123 hungry jaws and Sir Reynards teeth closedupon Ruffs toes, but not strongly enough tohold him, and the partridge broke away andwhirred over the tree-tops into the darkness. Ill have you yet, snarled the fox, and thewind repeated his threat, MI 11 have you yet;Ill have you yet, until it seemed to thepartridge that the night was filled vith terror.He flew for several minutes and then alightedin the top of a spruce to consider where tospend the night. He had barely settled in the tree-top whenhe noticed a great white object in the branchesabove him, and a moment later he becameaware of two big, yellow eyes looking hungrilydown upon him. It was Danger, the whiteowl, the terror of the forest at night. It wraslucky for Ruff that the top of the spruce wasvery thick and that there were several brushylimbs between him and the owl. Who, who, cried Danger, startled byRuffs precipitate flight into the spruce. It

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