himself.

Reddy Fox poked his head out and--looked straight into the
freckled face of Farmer Brown's boy and the muzzle of that
dreadful gun!



XXII. Ol' Mistah Buzzard's Keen Sight

Old Granny Fox had thought that when she fooled Bowser the Hound
up in the old pasture on the edge of the mountain she could take
her time going home. She was tired and hot, and she had planned
to pick out the shadiest paths going back. She had thought that
Farmer Brown's boy would soon join Bowser the Hound, when Bowser
made such a fuss about having found the old house into which
Granny Fox had run.

But Farmer Brown's boy had not yet appeared, and Granny Fox was
getting worried. Could it be that he had not followed Bowser the
Hound, after all? Granny Fox went out on a high point and looked,
but she could see nothing of Farmer Brown's boy and his gun. Just
then Ol' Mistah Buzzard came sailing down out of the blue, blue
sky and settled himself on a tall, dead tree. Now Granny Fox
hadn't forgotten how Ol' Mistah Buzzard had warned Peter Rabbit
just as she was about to pounce on him, but she suddenly thought
that Ol' Mistah Buzzard might be of use to her.

So old Granny Fox smoothed out her skirts and walked over to the
foot of the tree where Ol' Mistah Buzzard sat.