"Ah done fool him that time," said Unc' Billy, as he watched Farmer
Brown's boy wading off home through the snow, with Bowser the Hound at
his heels.
"You certainly did, Unc' Billy! How did you do it?" asked a voice
right over Unc' Billy's head.
Unc' Billy looked up in surprise. There was Tommy Tit the Chickadee.
Unc' Billy grinned.
"Ah just naturally expected Ah was gwine to have visitors, and so Ah
prepared a little surprise. Yes, Sah, Ah done prepare a little
surprise. Yo' see, mah tracks in the snow was powerful plain. Yes,
Sah, they sho'ly was! When Ah had climbed up that tree and looked down
and saw all those tracks what Ah done made, Ah began to get powerful
anxious. Yes, Sah, Ah done get so anxious Ah just couldn't get any
rest in mah mind. Ah knew Farmer Brown's boy was gwine to find those
tracks, and when he did, he was gwine to follow 'em right smart quick.
Sho' enough, just before sundown, here he comes. He followed mah
tracks right up to the foot of the tree whar Ah was hiding in the
hollow, and Ah heard him say:
"So this is whar yo' live, is it, Mistah Possum? Ah reckon Bowser and
Ah'll make yo' a call to-morrow."
"When I heard him say that, Ah felt right bad. Yes, Sah, Ah sho'ly did
feel right smart bad. Ah studied and Ah studied how Ah was gwine to
fool Farmer Brown's boy and Bowser the Hound. If Ah climbed down and
went somewhere else, Ah would have to leave tracks, and that boy done
bound to find me just the same.
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