03. The Fox by Unknown

Author:Unknown
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The Fox 5 - ot thrown him, and dash around with it while the man any objec and once, while the man was kneeling, even jumpchased a we and nipping his ear. But whenever the man tried ues Tod ducked away. He did not want to be confined, to catc 1d life was making him increasingly distrustful of any and his Wi re night while Tod was sleeping, thoroughly exhausted, nder a blown-down pine, he was awakened by a distant scream. i. was a shrill, eerie sound, charged with hatred and terror. ‘Tod chuddered at the sound, and lay still. The cry came again and again, growing even more shrill and vindictive. Gradually Tod a ‘nterested. He was always interested, if frightened, of anything new, and he had never heard a noise like this. Then, too, there was a quality of fear in the cry that lured him. Tod automatically reacted to the sight or sound of any living creature ‘ distress. When the sheep had run, he had chased them furiously, desiring only to sink his teeth into the frightened animals, but when they had turned at bay Tod had promptly stopped. Once he had heard the scream of a rabbit and run eagerly to the spot, for the hopeless terror in the noise had set his blood pounding. When he found the rabbit in the grip of a great horned owl that clicked at him with its hooked beak and spread its great wings, Tod had hastily retreated. This cry was not. unlike the cry of the doomed rabbit, and might well mean some creature was in dire straits. If so, killing would be easy, and Killing the helpless always appealed to Tod far more than killing the strong. He rose and trotted toward the noise. It had stopped now, and Tod hesitated, one foot upraised, snuffing the wind. It was against him, so he made a long circle to get downwind. As he loped along, a scent struck him that brought him up sharply. It was such a scent as he had never known. It was alien, uncanny,

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