around old Granny Fox, cooling her off. Of course, Granny Fox
kept right on running. She was too worried not to. But the Merry
Little Breezes kept right beside her, and it was not nearly as
hard running now as it had been.

"Have you seen Farmer Brown's boy?" panted Granny Fox.

"Oh, yes! We saw him just a little while ago over near your
house, Granny Fox. We pulled his hat off, just to hear him
scold," shouted the Merry Little Breezes, and then they tickled
and laughed as if they had had a good time with Farmer Brown's
boy.

But old Granny Fox didn't laugh--oh, my, no, indeed! Her heart
went lower still, and she did her best to run faster. Pretty soon
she came out on the top of the hill where she could look, and
then it seemed as if her heart came right up in her mouth and
stopped beating. Her eyes popped almost out of her head. There
was Farmer Brown's boy standing right in front of the door of her
home. And while she was watching, what should Reddy Fox do but
stick his head out the door.

Old Granny Fox saw the gun of Farmer Brown's boy pointed right at
Reddy and she clapped both hands over her eyes to shut out the
dreadful sight. Then she waited for the bang of the gun. It
didn't come. Then Granny peeped through her fingers. Farmer
Brown's boy was still there, but Reddy Fox had disappeared inside
the house.

Granny Fox sighed in relief. It had been a terrible scare, the