And Farmer Brown's boy also grinned, as he heard the voice of
Bowser the Hound.

"I'll hunt that fox until I get him," he said. You see, he didn't
know anything about old Granny Fox; he thought Bowser was
following Reddy Fox.



XIX Unc' Billy Possum Gives Warning

"What's the matter with you, Unc' Billy? You look as if you had
lost your last friend." It was Jimmy Skunk who spoke.

Unc' Billy Possum stopped short. He had been hurrying so fast
that he hadn't seen Jimmy Skunk at all.

"Matter enuff, Suh! Matter enuff!" said Unc' Billy Possum,
when he could get his breath. "Do you hear that noise?"

"Sure, I hear that noise. That's only Bowser the Hound chasing
old Granny Fox. When she gets tired she'll lose him," replied
Jimmy Skunk. "What are you worrying about Bowser the Hound for?"

"Bowser the Hound will have to be smarter than he is now befo' he
can worry me, Ah reckon," said Unc' Billy Possum scornfully. "It
isn't Bowser the Hound; it's Farmer Brown's boy and his gun!"
Then Unc' Billy told Jimmy Skunk how he had been hiding in the
woodpile at Farmer Brown's and had heard Farmer Brown's boy say