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Never give up come what may. success ne'er is won that way, -Jerry Muskrat.

Down the Big River drifted Jerry uuskrat on a box. when he had 'iimbed on that box. it had been dose to shore. While he.dozed, it and floated out and the current wad caught it and had taken it out in -mid-river. Now Jerry vr-; really out in the Great World. see- lllg a lot more of it than he want- ed to see. All the rest of the day he drifted.

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creeping out from one bank over the Big River, Jerry was still out in the middle. Presently he heard a sound that made him shiver right from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. It was the hunt- ing call of Hooty the Great Horn- ed Owl, largest of all the Owl family. and one of the fiercest of all feathered hunters. Many times at home in the smiling Pool. had Jerry heard that fierce hunting call, but never had it set such a shiver of fear along his backbone. You see. there he could keep out of l-Iooty's sight with no trouble at all.

"Oh dear, what shall I do if he comes out here and sees mci" thought Jerry. ”I can dive if I see him in time. but what will I do afterward?"

Once more he heard that hoot. The first time it had been from- the shore on his right. This time it came from the shore on his left. liooty had flown across the river. For some time l-footy did.not call again, but Jerry did not once forget to keep watch. And so it was that just in time he saw what seemed like a moving shadow. He dived. and he dived

He took Jerry": place on that box.

clutched in those great cruel claws of Hooty's.

What do you think Booty did then? He took Jerry Muskrat's place on that box. There he sat, turning "his head this way and that. and watching for Jerry to come up. He made no sound.

Jerry stayed under as long as he could. He didn't swim far. He was afraid to get far from that box. He feared that he couldn't swim to shore. that it was too far. As long as he could climb out on that box he couldn't drown. When he could hold his breath no longer he carefully put his head out of water Just enough to have his nose and eyes out. He didn't really think Hooty would be near for of course no trees were near for him to light on an'd he doesn't circle the way members of the Hawk family do.

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