Bowser.

Reddy didn't stop to make reply; he just started off at the top
of his speed, a badly frightened little fox.

You see, Bowser the Hound knew all about that trick and he had
just waited until the train had passed and then had run across
the bridge right behind it.

And as Reddy Fox, out of breath and tired, ran to seek the aid of
Granny Fox in getting rid of Bowser the Hound, he heard a sound
that made him grind his teeth.

"Haw, haw, haw! How smart we are!"

It was Blacky the Crow.



IV. Reddy Fox Grows Bold

Reddy Fox was growing bold. Everybody said so, and what everybody
says must be so. Reddy Fox had always been very sly and not bold
at all. The truth is Reddy Fox had so many times fooled Bowser
the Hound and Farmer Brown's boy that he had begun to think
himself very smart indeed. He had really fooled himself. Yes,
Sir, Reddy Fox had fooled himself. He thought himself so smart
that nobody could fool him.

Now it is one of the worst habits in the world to think too much