As long as Buster did n't get his great paws on Danny , the latter was safe . Then , too , Danny is a very small person . He is so small that he can hide under two or three leaves . Wherever he is , he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort . His small size gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek . It certainly does . But Lightfoot the Deer is big . He is one of the largest of the people who live in the Green Forest . Being so big , it is not easy to hide . Moreover , a hunter with a terrible gun does not have to get close in order to kill . Lightfoot knew all this as he waited for the coming of the hunter of whom Sammy Jay had warned him . He had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before and he remembered every one of them . He knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life . So , standing motionless behind a tangle of fallen trees , Lightfoot listened and watched . Presently over in the distance he heard Sammy Jay screaming , `` Thief , thief , thief ! '' A little sigh of relief escaped Lightfoot . He knew that that screaming of Sammy Jay 's was a warning to tell him where the hunter was . Knowing just where the hunter was made it easier for Lightfoot to know what to do . A Merry Little Breeze came stealing through the Green Forest . It came from behind Lightfoot and danced on towards the hunter with the terrible gun .
Instantly Lightfoot began to steal softly away through the Green XXXXX .
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