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Book Excerpt: he spider and pots. The great, green-roofedtemple of the woods, that had so lately rung with the howl ofwolves, began to fill with far wandering echoes of sweet song."They was a big cat over there by the spring las' night," saidD'ri, as we all sat down to breakfast. "Tracks bigger 'n agriddle! Smelt the mutton, mos' likely.""Like mutton?" I inquired."Yis-sir-ee, they dew," said he. "Kind o' mince-pie fer 'em. Likedeer-meat, tew. Snook eroun' the ponds efter dark. Ef they see adeer 'n the water they wallop 'im quicker 'n lightnin'; jump rightin k'slap 'n' tek 'im."We were off at sunrise, on a road that grew rougher every mile. Atnoon we came to a river so swollen as to make a dangerous ford.After dinner my father waded in, going hips under where the waterwas deep and swift. Then he cut a long pole and took my mother onhis shoulders and entered the broad stream, steadying himself withthe pole. When she had got down safe on the other side, he cameback for grandmother and myRead More
