CHAPTER IV POOR BOWSER Follow a crooked trail and you will find a scamp at the end . Bowser the Hound . Poor Bowser ! He stood shivering and shaking on the ice of the strange river to which Old Man Coyote had led him , and he knew not which way to turn . Not only was he shivering and shaking from his cold bath , but he was bruised by his fall from the top of the steep bank , and he was so tired by his long run after Old Man Coyote that he could hardly stand . Old Man Coyote had stayed only long enough to see that Bowser had managed to get out of the water , then had turned back towards the Old Pasture , the Green Meadows and the Green Forest near Farmer Brown 's . You see , Old Man Coyote knew the way back . He would take his time about getting there , for it really made no particular difference to him when he reached home . He felt sure he would be able to find something to eat on the way . But with Bowser it was very different . Poor Bowser did n't know where he was . It would have been bad enough under any circumstances to have been lost , but to be lost and at the same time tired almost to death , bruised and lame , wet and chilled through , was almost too much to bear . He had n't the least idea which way to turn . He could n't climb up the bank to find his own trail and follow it back home if he wanted to . You see , that bank was very steep for some distance in each direction , and so it was impossible for Bowser to climb it . For a few minutes he stood shivering , shaking and whimpering , not knowing which way to turn . Then he started down the river on the ice , for he knew he would freeze if he continued to stand still . He limped badly because one leg had been hurt in his fall . After a while he came to a place where he could get up on the bank . It was in the midst of deep woods and a very , very lonely place .
Hard crusted snow covered the ground , but it was better than walking on the ice and for this XXXXX was thankful .
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