He was petted and babied and made a great deal of , but he knew all the time that he was a prisoner . He knew that if he was to get away at all he would have to sneak away , and somehow there never seemed a chance to do this . He was grateful to these kindly people , but down in his heart was a great longing for Farmer Brown 's boy and home . He always felt this longing just a wee bit stronger when Blacky the Crow passed over and cawed . CHAPTER XXII FARMER BROWN 'S BOY LOOKS IN VAIN Loyalty is priceless and Is neither sold nor bought . Alas , how few who seem to know Its value as they ought . Bowser the Hound . As I have told you , Farmer Brown 's boy had been all about the neighborhood asking at each farmhouse if anything had been seen of Bowser . Of course nothing had been seen of him , and so at last Farmer Brown 's boy felt sure that something dreadful had happened to Bowser in the woods . For several days he tramped through the Green Forest and up through the Old Pasture , looking for signs of Bowser . His heart was heavy , for you know Bowser was quite one of the family . He visited every place he could think of where he and Bowser had hunted together . He knew that by this time Bowser could n't possibly be alive if he had been caught by a foot in a trap or had met with an accident in the woods . He had quite given up all hope of ever seeing Bowser alive again . But he did want to know just what had happened to him , and so he kept searching and searching . One day Farmer Brown 's boy heard that a strange dog had been found over in the next township . That afternoon he drove over there , his heart filled with great hope . But he had his long ride for nothing , for when he got there he found that the strange dog was not Bowser at all . Meanwhile Old Man Coyote and Reddy Fox and Old Granny Fox had become very bold . They even came up around the henyard in broad daylight .
`` I believe you know something about what has become of Bowser , '' Farmer XXXXX 's boy said , as he chased Old Man Coyote away one day .
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