Image from page 39 of "Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings" (1905)
Title: Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings
Identifier: animalheroesbein00setouoft
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Animals, Legends and stories of
Publisher: New York Scribner
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
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The Slum Cat now to find food. The burden increased as the offspring grew up big enough to scramble about the boxes, which they did daily during her absence after they were six weeks old. That troubles go in flocks and luck in streaks, is well known in Slumland. Kitty had had three encounters with Dogs, and had been stoned by Malee's negro during a two days' starve. Then the tide turned. The very next morning she found a full milk-can without a lid, suc- cessfully robbed a barrow pensioner, and found a big fish-head, all within two hours. She had just returned with that perfect peace which comes only of a full stomach, when she saw a little brown creature in her junk-yard. Hunting mem- ories came back in strength; she did n't know what it was, but she had killed and eaten sev- eral Mice, and this was evidently a big Mouse with bob-tail and large ears. Kitty stalked it with elaborate but unnecessary caution; the little Rabbit simply sat up and looked faindy amused. He did not try to run, and Kitty sprang on him and bore him off. As she was not hungry, she carried him to the cracker- box and dropped him among the Kittens. He 32
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Image from page 39 of "Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings" (1905)
Title: Animal heroes; being the histories of a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves & a reindeer and in elucidation of the same over 200 drawings
Identifier: animalheroesbein00setouoft
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Animals, Legends and stories of
Publisher: New York Scribner
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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The Slum Cat now to find food. The burden increased as the offspring grew up big enough to scramble about the boxes, which they did daily during her absence after they were six weeks old. That troubles go in flocks and luck in streaks, is well known in Slumland. Kitty had had three encounters with Dogs, and had been stoned by Malee's negro during a two days' starve. Then the tide turned. The very next morning she found a full milk-can without a lid, suc- cessfully robbed a barrow pensioner, and found a big fish-head, all within two hours. She had just returned with that perfect peace which comes only of a full stomach, when she saw a little brown creature in her junk-yard. Hunting mem- ories came back in strength; she did n't know what it was, but she had killed and eaten sev- eral Mice, and this was evidently a big Mouse with bob-tail and large ears. Kitty stalked it with elaborate but unnecessary caution; the little Rabbit simply sat up and looked faindy amused. He did not try to run, and Kitty sprang on him and bore him off. As she was not hungry, she carried him to the cracker- box and dropped him among the Kittens. He 32
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