`` Aha , '' thought Bowser , `` now I 'll teach Reddy Fox to make fun of me , '' and like a shadow he slipped through the fence and across the White Meadows towards the Lone Pine . Reddy Fox had just barked for the hundreth time when he heard a twig crack just back of him . It had a different sound from the noisy crack of Jack Frost , and Reddy stopped a yap right in the middle and whirled about to see what it might be . There was Bowser the Hound almost upon him , his eyes flashing fire , his great , red jaws wide open , and every hair on his back bristling with rage . Reddy Fox did n't wait to say `` Good evening , '' or to see more . Oh , no ! He turned a back somersault and away he sped over the hard , snowy crust as fast as his legs could carry him . Bowser baying at the moon he liked to hear , but Bowser baying at his heels was another matter , and Reddy ran as he had never run before . Down across the White Meadows he sped , Bowser frightening all the echoes with the roar of his big voice as he followed in full cry . How Reddy did wish that he had minded Mother Fox ! How safe and snug and warm was his home under the roots of the old hickory tree , and how he did wish that he was safely there ! But it would never do to go there now , for that would tell Bowser where he lived , and Bowser would take Farmer Brown there , and that would be the end of Reddy Fox and of Mother Fox and of all the brother and sister foxes . So Reddy twisted and turned , and ran this way and ran that way , and the longer he ran , the shorter his breath grew . It was coming in great pants now . His bushy tail , of which he was so proud , had become very heavy . How Reddy Fox did wish and wish that he had minded Mother Fox ! He twisted and turned , and doubled this way and that way , and all the time Bowser the Hound got closer and closer . Now way off on the hill behind the White Meadows Mother Fox had been hunting for her supper . She had heard the `` Yap-yap-yap '' of Reddy Fox as he barked at the moon , and she had heard Bowser baying over in the barnyard of Farmer Brown . Then she had heard the `` yap '' of Reddy Fox cut short in the middle and the roar of Bowser 's big voice as he started to chase Reddy Fox .
She knew that Reddy could run fast , but she also knew that XXXXX the Hound had a wonderful nose , and that Bowser would never give up .
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