With a snort of triumph , Lightfoot plunged after him . But now that he was beaten , fear took possession of the stranger . All desire to fight left him . His one thought was to get away , and fear gave him speed . Straight back towards the Great Mountain from which he had come the stranger headed . Lightfoot followed only a short distance . He knew that that stranger was going for good and would not come back . Then Lightfoot turned back to the open place where they had fought . There he threw up his beautiful head , crowned by its great antlers , and whistled a challenge to all the Green Forest . As she looked at him , Miss Daintyfoot knew that she had wanted him to win . She knew that there simply could n't be anybody else so handsome and strong and brave in all the Great World . CHAPTER XXXIX : Lightfoot Discovers Love Wonderfully handsome was Lightfoot the Deer as he stood in the little opening by the pond of Paddy the Beaver , his head thrown back proudly , as he received the congratulations of his neighbors of the Green Forest who had seen him win the great fight with the big stranger who had come down from the Great Mountain . To beautiful Miss Daintyfoot , peeping out from the thicket where she had hidden to watch the great fight , Lightfoot was the most wonderful person in all the Great World . She adored him , which means that she loved him just as much as it was possible for her to love . But Lightfoot did n't know this . In fact , he did n't know that Miss Daintyfoot was there . His one thought had been to drive out of the Green Forest the big stranger who had come down from the Great Mountain . He had been jealous of that big stranger , though he had n't known that he was jealous . The real cause of his anger and desire to fight had been the fear that the big stranger would find Miss Daintyfoot and take her away . Of course this was nothing but jealousy .
Now that the great fight was over , and he knew that the big stranger was hurrying back to the Great XXXXX , all Lightfoot 's anger melted away .
Beaver Daintyfoot Forest Green Lightfoot Mountain World XXXIX antlers left