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 Forest . He took the greatest care to make no sound . He went in a half-circle , stopping every few steps to listen and test the air with his wonderful nose . Can you guess what Lightfoot was trying to do ? He was trying to get behind the hunter so that the Merry Little Breezes would bring to him the dreaded man-scent . So long as Lightfoot could get that scent , he would know where the hunter was , though he could neither see nor hear him . If he had remained where Sammy Jay had found him , the hunter might have come within shooting distance before Lightfoot could have located him . So the hunter with the terrible gun walked noiselessly through the Green Forest , stepping with the greatest care to avoid snapping a stick underfoot , searching with keen eye every thicket and likely hiding-place for a glimpse of Lightfoot , and studying the ground for traces to show that Lightfoot had been there . CHAPTER VII : The Merry Little Breezes Help Lightfoot Could you have seen the hunter with the terrible gun and Lightfoot the Deer that morning on which the hunting season opened you might have thought that Lightfoot was hunting the hunter instead of the hunter hunting Lightfoot . You see , Lightfoot was behind the hunter instead of in front of him . He was following the hunter , so as to keep track of him . As long as he knew just where the hunter was , he felt reasonably safe . The Merry Little Breezes are Lightfoot 's best friends . They always bring to him all the different scents they find as they wander through the Green Forest .
And XXXXX 's delicate nose is so wonderful that he can take these scents , even though they be very faint , and tell just who or what has made them .
Deer Forest Jay Lightfoot half-circle hiding-place man-scent morning scents stealing