"Don't try," replied Sammy shortly. "I haven't done anything but
what anybody else would have done. Old Mother Nature gave me a
pair of good eyes and a strong voice. I simply make the best use
of them I can. Just to see a hunter with a terrible gun makes me
angry clear through. I 'd rather spoil his hunting than eat."

"You want to watch out, Sammy. One of these days a hunter will
lose his temper and shoot you, just to get even with you,"
warned Paddy the Beaver.

"Don't worry about me," replied Sammy. "I know just how far
those terrible guns can shoot, and I don't take any chances.
By the way, Lightfoot, the Green Forest is full of hunters looking
for you. I 've seen a lot of them, and I know they are looking
for you because they do not shoot at anybody else even when they
have a chance."



CHAPTER XX: Lightfoot Hears A Dreadful Sound

Day after day, Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his
life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him. He saw them
many times, though not one of them saw him. More than once a
hunter passed close to Lightfoot's hiding-place without once
suspecting it.

But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain. He was growing thin,
and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree
would startle him. There is nothing quite so terrible as being