angrily. Then he leaped over the Laughing Brook and once more
began to search through the Green Forest. But this time it was
not for the beautiful stranger with the dainty feet. He had no
time to think of her now. He must first find this newcomer and he
meant to waste no time in doing it.



CHAPTER XXXV: Lightfoot Is Reckless

In his search for the new stranger who had come to the Green
Forest, Lightfoot the Deer was wholly reckless. He no longer
stole like a gray shadow from thicket to thicket as he had done
when searching for the beautiful stranger with the dainty
feet. He bounded along, careless of how much noise he made.
>From time to time he would stop to whistle a challenge and to clash
his horns against the trees and stamp the ground with his feet.

After such exhibitions of anger he would pause to listen, hoping
to hear some sound which would tell him where the stranger was.
Now and then he found the stranger's tracks, and from them
he knew that this stranger was doing: just what he had been
doing, seeking to find the beautiful newcomer with the dainty
feet. Each time he found these signs Lightfoot's rage increased.

Of course it didn't take Sammy Jay long to discover what was
going on. There is little that escapes those sharp eyes of Sammy
Jay. As you know, he had early discovered the game of hide and
seek Lightfoot had been playing with the beautiful young visitor
who had come down to the Green Forest from the Great