surprised! And how mad he'll be! Come on, let's he starting!"

All right," said Granny, and the two started towards Farmer Brown's.



CHAPTER XVIII: Why Bowser The Hound Didn't Eat His Dinner

The thing you've puzzled most about
Is simple once you've found it out.
- Old Granny Fox.

Bowser The Hound dearly loves to hunt just for the pleasure of the
chase. It isn't so much the desire to kill as it is the pleasure of
using that wonderful nose of his and the excitement of trying to
catch some one, especially Granny or Reddy Fox. Farmer Brown's boy
had put away his dreadful gun because he no longer wanted to kill
the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows, but
rather to make them his friends. Bowser had missed the exciting
hunts he used to enjoy so much with Farmer Brown's boy. So Bowser
had formed the habit of slipping away alone for a hunt every once in
a while. When Farmer Brown's boy discovered this, he got a chain
and chained Bowser to his little house to keep him from running away
and hunting on the sly.

Of course Bowser wasn't kept chained all the time. Oh, my, no! When
his master was about, where he could keep an eye on Bowser, he would
let him go free. But whenever he was going away and didn't want to
take Bowser with him, he would chain Bowser up. Now Bowser always
had one good big meal a day. To be sure, he had scraps or a bone