I 'll have a look around and see if there are any signs . '' So the hunter went on to the edge of Paddy 's pond and then began to walk around it , studying the ground as he walked . Presently he found the footprints of Lightfoot in the mud where Lightfoot had gone down to the pond to drink . `` I thought as much , '' muttered the hunter . `` Those tracks were made last night . That Deer probably was lying down somewhere near here , and I might have had a shot but for that pesky Beaver . I 'll just look the land over , and then I think I 'll wait here awhile . If that Deer is n't too badly scared , he may come back . '' So the hunter went quite around the pond , looking into all likely hiding-places . He found where Lightfoot had been lying , and he knew that in all probability Lightfoot had been there when Paddy gave the danger signal . `` It 's of no use for me to try to follow him , '' thought the hunter . `` It is too dry for me to track him . He may not be so badly scared , after all . I 'll just find a good place and wait . '' So the hunter found an old log behind some small trees and there sat down . He could see all around Paddy 's pond . He sat perfectly still . He was a clever hunter and he knew that so long as he did not move he was not likely to be noticed by any sharp eyes that might come that way . What he did n't know was that Lightfoot had been watching him all the time and was even then standing where he could see him . And another thing he did n't know was that Paddy the Beaver had come out of his house and , swimming under water , had reached a hiding-place on the opposite shore from which he too had seen the hunter sit down on the log .
So the hunter watched for Lightfoot , and XXXXX and Paddy watched the hunter .
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