Paddy had always been glad to have Lightfoot visit his pond . To tell the truth , he was rather fond of handsome Lightfoot . You know Paddy is himself not at all handsome . On land he is a rather clumsy-looking fellow and really homely . So he admired Lightfoot greatly . That is one reason why he proposed that they be partners . Lightfoot himself thought the idea a splendid one . He spent that night browsing not far from Paddy 's pond . With the coming of daylight he lay down in a thicket of young hemlock-trees near the upper end of the pond . It was a quiet , peaceful day . It was so quiet and peaceful and beautiful it was hard to believe that hunters with terrible guns were searching the Green Forest for beautiful Lightfoot . But they were , and Lightfoot knew that sooner or later one of them would be sure to visit Paddy 's pond . So , though he rested and took short naps all through that beautiful day , he was anxious . He could n't help but be . The next morning found Lightfoot back in the same place . But this morning he took no naps . He rested , but all the time he was watchful and alert . A feeling of uneasiness possessed him . He felt in his bones that danger in the shape of a hunter with a terrible gun was not far distant . But the hours slipped away , and little by little he grew less uneasy .
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