Right along through the hollow at the foot of the little hill below Lightfoot the hunter passed . He was no longer studying the ground for Lightfoot 's tracks , because the ground was so hard and dry down there that Lightfoot had left no tracks . He was simply hunting in the direction from which the Merry Little Breezes were blowing because he knew that Lightfoot had gone in that direction , and he also knew that if Lightfoot were still ahead of him , his scent could not be carried to Lightfoot . He was doing what is called `` hunting up-wind . '' Lightfoot kept perfectly still and watched the hunter disappear among the trees . Then he silently got to his feet , shook himself lightly , and noiselessly stole away over the hilltop towards another part of the Green Forest . He felt sure that that hunter would not find him again that day . CHAPTER XII : Lightfoot Visits Paddy The Beaver Deep in the Green Forest is the pond where lives Paddy the Beaver . It is Paddy 's own pond , for he made it himself . He made it by building a dam across the Laughing Brook . When Lightfoot bounded away through the Green Forest , after watching the hunter pass through the hollow below him , he remembered Paddy 's pond . `` That 's where I 'll go , '' thought Lightfoot . `` It is such a lonesome part of the Green Forest that I do not believe that hunter will come there . I 'll just run over and make Paddy a friendly call . '' So Lightfoot bounded along deeper and deeper into the Green Forest . Presently through the trees he caught the gleam of water . It was Paddy 's pond . Lightfoot approached it cautiously . He felt sure he was rid of the hunter who had followed him so far that day , but he knew that there might be other hunters in the Green Forest . He knew that he could n't afford to be careless for even one little minute .
Lightfoot had lived long enough to know that most of the sad things and dreadful things that happen in the Green XXXXX and on the Green Meadows are due to carelessness .
Brook Forest Lightfoot Paddy Right XII day left minute up-wind