Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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om ^ Bye and bye the owls who were wicked-all owls are wicked-took tostealing, and thin to keeping the dogs out of their homes altogether so thattheir iftUe ones died with the cold. The dogs went to see the Mayor andasked his advice, but he only wept and said he could do nothing. He pointedout that even he had been put upon and showed a tear in his glossy coat,made by the father of the owls in a fit of spite. The poor httle dogs were getting very miserable and discouraged, whenone day a change caine. The Mayor was trotting around on the outskirtsof the town, when he heard a terrible hiss, which made him jump three timeshis own height in the air. Out of the grass came the sly and evil rattlesnakeHe asked politely after the health of his friend, the Mayor, and the whole ofthe town besides. The Mayor said he was only fair and asked after thesnakes family. After a while he took courage and sat down beside the slyand evil snake and told his troubles,-all about the lazy dogs, the taxes, the
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SNAKls \\;)()\\;s IN \ IKMKll ))()(. I OWN. THE PRAIRIE DOGS owls and evervthin-. The sly and evil .nakes eyes glistened green andgray, and he whisked his tail around until it sounded like pease in a bladder,and he nearly frightened the poor little Mayor to death. I see he said, at length, I must come and help you out of yourdifficulties You should never have let the owls into the town. Dear me,that was a mistake The only thing you can do now is to have somepolice to keep the town in order. , ,• .1 r i, Wqiat are police ? asked the Mayor, for he was a simple little fellow,and he was puzzled, not being sure that the word did not mean more workfor the doers Poor little Mayor, he had no idea what was coming. The sly and evil one laughed to himself as he proceeded to enlightenhis friend He waved his tail a few times and then spoke. Men are bad just like dogs. Men are lazy and get themselves intotrouble, just like your dogs. True, they have taxes and tax collectors, but they are kept in

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