Granny Fox
lose her temper.

Poor Danny Meadow Mouse! He had never been so frightened in all
his life. He didn't know which way to turn or where to run. And
so he sat still, which, although he didn't know it, was the very
best thing he could do. When he sat still he made no noise, and
so of course Granny and Reddy Fox could not tell where he was.
Old Granny Fox sat and listened and listened and listened, and
wondered where Danny Meadow Mouse was. And down under the snow
Danny Meadow Mouse sat and listened and listened and listened,
and wondered where Granny and Reddy Fox were.

"Pooh!" said Granny Fox after a while, "that Meadow Mouse thinks
he can fool me by sitting still. I'll give him a scare."

Then she began to plunge into the snow this way and that way, and
sure enough, pretty soon she landed so close to Danny Meadow
Mouse that one of her claws scratched him.

VI

Danny Meadow Mouse Remembers, Reddy Fox Forgets

"There he goes!" cried old Granny Fox. "Don't let him sit still
again!"

"I hear him!" shouted Reddy Fox, and plunged down into the snow
just as Granny Fox had done a minute before. But he didn't catch
anything, and when he had blown the snow out of his nose and
wiped it out of his eyes, he saw Granny Fox dive into the snow
with no better luck.

"Never mind," said Granny Fox, "as long as we keep him running,
we can hear him, and some one of these times we'll catch him.
Pretty soon he'll get too tired to be so spry, and when he is--"
Granny didn't finish, but licked her chops and smacked her lips.
Reddy Fox grinned, then licked his chops and smacked his lips.
Then once more they took turns diving into the snow.

[Illustration: _Granny didn't finish, but licked her chops and
smacked her lips_]

And down underneath in the little tunnels he had made, Danny
Meadow Mouse was running for his life. He was getting tired,
just as old Granny Fox had said he would. He was almost out of
breath. He was sore and one leg smarted, for in one of her jumps
old Granny Fox had so nearly caught him that her claws had torn
his pants and scratched him.

"Oh dear! Oh dear! If only I had time to think!" panted Danny
Meadow Mouse, and then he squealed in still greater fright as
Reddy Fox crashed down into his tunnel right at his very heels.
"I've got to get somewhere! I've got to get somewhere where they
can't get at me!" he sobbed. And right that very instant he
remember