As soon as Bowser came in sight , Blacky gave what was intended for a cheery caw and then headed straight for the place he had started for that morning , giving no more thought to Bowser the Hound . You see , he knew that Bowser would shortly come to a road . `` If he does n't know enough to follow that road , he deserves to starve , '' thought Blacky . Bowser did know enough to follow that road . The instant he saw that road , he knew that if he kept on following it , it would lead him somewhere . So with new hope in his heart , Bowser limped along . CHAPTER IX OLD MAN COYOTE GIVES OUT DARK HINTS A little hint dropped there or here , Is like a seed in spring of year ; It sprouts and grows , and none may say How big ` twill be some future day . Bowser the Hound . After leading Bowser the Hound far , far away and getting him lost in strange country , Old Man Coyote trotted back to the Old Pasture , the Green Forest , and the Green Meadows near Farmer Brown 's . He did n't have any trouble at all in finding his way back . You see , all the time he was leading Bowser away , he himself was using his eyes and taking note of where he was going . You ca n't lose Old Man Coyote . No , Sir , you ca n't lose Old Man Coyote , and it is of no use to try . So , stopping two or three times to hunt a little by the way , Old Man Coyote trotted back . He managed to pick up a good meal on the way , and when at last he reached his home in the Old Pasture he was feeling very well satisfied with the Great World in general and himself in particular . He grinned as only Old Man Coyote can grin . `` I do n't think any of us will be bothered by that meddlesome Bowser very soon again , '' said he , as he crept into his house for a nap . `` If he had drowned in that river , I should n't have cried over it . But even as it is , I do n't think he will get back here in a hurry . I must pass the word along . ''
So a XXXXX or so later , when Sammy Jay happened along , Old Man Coyote asked him , in quite a matter-of-fact way , if he had seen anything of Bowser the Hound for a day or two .
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