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... grass which would reveal the stealthy approach of bear or puma . So , for some minutes , he waited motionless , his head held high , every faculty keyed to the utmost . Twenty yards away down the wind Corane the Raven , young warrior of ...
... grass which would reveal the stealthy approach of bear or puma . So , for some minutes , he waited motionless , his head held high , every faculty keyed to the utmost . Twenty yards away down the wind Corane the Raven , young warrior of ...
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... grass and beds of maiden cane , had struck the trail of the three wild horses near the spot where they had passed from the meadow at its lower end into the woods . The trail was plain to the eye . The scent was strong where the wild ...
... grass and beds of maiden cane , had struck the trail of the three wild horses near the spot where they had passed from the meadow at its lower end into the woods . The trail was plain to the eye . The scent was strong where the wild ...
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... grass , bruised and dizzy from his ride on the throw - rope . It was lying out taut through the grass ; and for a time the man did not stir . The stallion was plunging somewhere out there , still implacable with fury to get at the ...
... grass , bruised and dizzy from his ride on the throw - rope . It was lying out taut through the grass ; and for a time the man did not stir . The stallion was plunging somewhere out there , still implacable with fury to get at the ...
Contents
In the Beginning | 5 |
The Country of the Houyhnhnms | 13 |
Baron Munchausen Acquires A Horse | 29 |
Copyright | |
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