It happened that she did this one day when there was fresh snow on
the ground. Of course, every time she put a foot down she left a
print in the snow. And where she curled up in the sun she left the
print of her body. They were very plain to see, were these prints,
and Farmer Brown's boy saw them.

He had been tramping through the Green Forest late in the afternoon
and just by chance happened across Granny's footprints. Just for
fun he followed them and so came to the sunny knoll. Granny had
left some time before, but of course she couldn't take the print of
her body with her. That remained in the snow, and Farmer Brown's
boy saw it and knew instantly what it meant. He grinned, and could
Granny Fox have seen that grin, she would have been uncomfortable.
You see, he knew that he had found the place where Granny was in the
habit of taking a sun-nap.

"So," said he, "this is the place where you rest, Old Mrs. Fox,
after running Bowser almost off his feet. I think we will give you
a surprise one of these days. Yes, indeed, I think we will give you
a surprise. You have fooled us many times, and now it is our turn."

The next day Farmer Brown's boy shouldered his terrible gun and sent
Bowser the Hound to hunt for the trail of Old Granny Fox. It wasn't
long before Bowser's great voice told all the Great World that he
had found Granny's tracks. Farmer Brown's boy grinned just as he
had the day before. Then with his terrible gun he went over to the
Green Forest and hid under some pine boughs right on the edge of
that sunny knoll.