Just to see a hunter with a terrible gun makes me angry clear through . I 'd rather spoil his hunting than eat . '' `` You want to watch out , Sammy . One of these days a hunter will lose his temper and shoot you , just to get even with you , '' warned Paddy the Beaver . `` Do n't worry about me , '' replied Sammy . `` I know just how far those terrible guns can shoot , and I do n't take any chances . By the way , Lightfoot , the Green Forest is full of hunters looking for you . I 've seen a lot of them , and I know they are looking for you because they do not shoot at anybody else even when they have a chance . '' CHAPTER XX : Lightfoot Hears A Dreadful Sound Day after day , Lightfoot the Deer played hide and seek for his life with the hunters who were seeking to kill him . He saw them many times , though not one of them saw him . More than once a hunter passed close to Lightfoot 's hiding-place without once suspecting it . But poor Lightfoot was feeling the strain . He was growing thin , and he was so nervous that the falling of a dead leaf from a tree would startle him . There is nothing quite so terrible as being continually hunted . It was getting so that Lightfoot half expected a hunter to step out from behind every tree . Only when the Black Shadows wrapped the Green Forest in darkness did he know a moment of peace . And those hours of safety were filled with dread of what the next day might bring . Early one morning a terrible sound rang through the Green Forest and brought Lightfoot to his feet with a startled jump . It was the baying of hounds following a trail . At first it did not sound so terrible .
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