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THE ADVENTURES OF FLEET FOOT AND HER FAWNS A True to Nature Story for Children and Their Elders
BY ALLEN CHAFFEE
Author of "Twinkly Eyes," "The Little Black Bear," "Trail and Tree Top," and "Lost River, or The Adventures of Two Boys in the Big Woods"
ILLUSTRATED
MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Copyright 1920, by MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Adventures of Fleet Foot Bradley Quality Books for Children
TO POLLY WHO IS A DEAR HERSELF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE SPOTTED FAWNS.
CHAPTER II. A FOXY TRICK.
CHAPTER III. AT THE VALLEY FARM.
CHAPTER IV. THE ROUND UP.
CHAPTER V. A SON OF THE WILD.
CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER VII. A WIT OUT WITTED.
CHAPTER VIII. STEEP TRAILS.
CHAPTER IX THE OGRE OF THE AIR.
CHAPTER X. WILD GRAPES.
CHAPTER XI. SPECKLED TROUT.
CHAPTER XII. THE VICTOR.
CHAPTER XIII. THE QUEER FEATHERS.
CHAPTER XIV STARVATION TIME
CHAPTER XV. THE GRAY WOLVES.
CHAPTER XVI. THE FARMER'S PLAN.
THE ADVENTURES OF FLEET FOOT AND HER FAWNS
CHAPTER I. THE SPOTTED FAWNS.
"Me o ow!" screamed Old Man Lynx, from the heart of the woods. The two spotted fawns heard the cry from their laurel copse on the rim of Lone Lake. But, though their big, soft eyes were round with terror, so perfectly had they been trained, they never so much as twitched an ear. Well did they know that the slightest movement might show to some prowler of the night just where they lay hidden.
Next morning, no sooner had the birds begun to chirp themselves awake, than Mother Fleet Foot fed the fawns as usual and ate her own light breakfast of lily pads, Then she lined up the two fawns before her.
"Children," she said, in deer language, "you have a great deal to learn before ever you can take care of yourselves in these woods. From now on we are going to have lessons."
"Yes, Mother," bleated the little ones, "but what are lessons."
"They are going to be as much like play as we can make them," said Fleet Foot. "You need practice in running, and we must play 'Follow the Leader' every day. Mother, of course, will be the leader. It will be lots of fun."
The fawns waggled their ears in delight.
"Now listen, both of you," said Fleet Foot. " This means danger! Follow me!" And she stamped her foot three times and whistled, as she leaped away through the bushes.
"Just watch my white flag, and you'll know where to follow," she called; and she showed them how, when she ran, she held the white lining of her tail straight up to show which way she had gone. This was because her brown back might not show between the tree trunks.
"And when I give the danger signal, you must give it, too, to warn the others," she added, leaping back to their side.
"What others?" asked the tinier fawn.
"Any deer within ear shot. That is how we help each other. And remember obey on the instant! It is the only safe way!"
Suddenly she gave the danger signal!
This time it was in real alarm, for she had spied a black snake wiggling toward them... Continue reading book >>
