Then , when the scent was strong , he gave tongue so fast that you wondered how he had breath enough left to run . But now that he was a prisoner of kindness , in the home of the people who had taken him in when he had crept to their doorstep , Bowser sometimes bayed from sheer homesickness . When he was tied out in the yard , he would sometimes get to thinking of his home and long to see Farmer Brown and Mrs. Brown and especially his master , Farmer Brown 's boy . Then , when he could stand it no longer , he would open his mouth and send his great voice rolling across to the woods with a tone of mournfulness which never had been there before . But great as was Bowser 's voice , and far as it would carry , there was none who knew him to hear it , save Blacky the Crow . You remember that Blacky knew just where Bowser was and often flew over that farmyard to make sure that Bowser was still there . So more than once Blacky heard Bowser 's great voice with its mournful note , and understood it . It troubled Blacky . Yes , Sir , it actually troubled Blacky . He knew just what was the matter with Bowser , but for the life of him he could n't think of any way of helping Bowser . `` That dog is homesick , '' croaked Blacky , as he sat in the top of a tall tree , scratching his head as if he thought he might scratch an idea out of it . `` Of course he does n't know how to get home , and if he tried he probably would get as badly lost as he was before . Anyway , they do n't give him a chance to try . I ca n't lead Farmer Brown 's boy over here because he does n't understand my talk , and I do n't understand his . There is n't a thing I can do but keep watch . I wish Bowser would stop barking . It makes me feel uncomfortable . Yes , Sir , it makes me feel uncomfortable . Old Man Coyote got Bowser into this trouble , and he ought to get him out again , but I do n't suppose it is the least bit of use to ask him . It wo n't do any harm to try , anyway . ''
So XXXXX started back for the Green Forest and the Old Pasture near Farmer Brown 's to look for Old Man Coyote , and for a long time as he flew he could hear Bowser 's voice with its note of homesickness and longing .
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