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Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing Reddy and Granny Fox or Old Man Coyote.One day, Bowser gets more than he bargained for when Old Man Coyote decides to lead him on a long chase, just for fun, and make Bowser run and run. In fact, Bowser runs out of the forest and the old pasture until he's so far from home, he feels as if he is in another country. But with the help of Blacky the Crow and other friends, Bowser finally gets even with the old coyote.Young readers and nature lovers of all ages will love this appealing story of exciting animal life in the Green Forest.

Bowser the Hound Chapter 1 OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY

Though great or small the matter prove

Be faithful in whate'er you do.

'Tis thus and only thus you may

To others and yourself be true.

Bowser the Hound.

Old Man Coyote is full of tricks. People with such clever wits as his usually are full of tricks. On the other hand Bowser the Hound isn't tricky at all. He just goes straight ahead with the thing he has to do and does it in the most earnest way. Not being tricky himself, he sometimes forgets to watch out for tricks in others.

One day he found the fresh trail of Old Man Coyote and made up his mind that he would run down Old Man Coyote if he had to run his legs off to do it. He always makes up his mind like that whenever he starts out to hunt. You know there is nothing in the world Bowser enjoys quite so much as to hunt some one who will give him a long, hard run. Any time he will go without eating for the pleasure of chasing Reddy or Granny Fox, or Old Man Coyote.

Now Old Man Coyote was annoyed. He was and he wasn't afraid of Bowser the Hound. That is to say he was afraid to fight Bowser, but he wasn't afraid to be hunted by Bowser, because he was so sure that he was smart enough to get away from Bowser. If Bowser had appeared at almost any other time Old Man Coyote wouldn't have been so annoyed. But to have Bowser appear just then made him angry clear through. You see he had just started out to get his dinner.

"What business has that good-for-nothing dog over here anyway, I'd like to know," he muttered, as he ran swiftly through the Green Forest. "What right has he to meddle in other folks' business? I'll just teach that fellow a lesson; that's what I'll do! I'll teach him that he can't interfere with me not be sorry for it."

So Old Man Coyote ran and ran and ran, and never once did he try to break his trail. In fact, he took pains to leave a trail that Bowser could follow easily. After him Bowser ran and ran and ran, and all the time his great voice rang out joyously. This was the kind of a hunt he loved. Out of the Green Forest into the Old Pasture, Old Man Coyote led Bowser the Hound. Across the Old Pasture and out on the other side they raced. Farther and farther away from home Old Man Coyote led Bowser the Hound. Instead of circling back as usual, he kept on. Bowser kept on after him. By and by he was in strange country, country he had never visited before. He didn't notice this. He didn't notice anything but the splendid trail Old Man Coyote was making. He didn't even realize that he was getting tired. Always in his nose was the tantalizing scent of Old Man Coyote. Bowser was sure that this time he would catch this fellow who had fooled him so often before.

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“Bowser the Hound isn't very clever — certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really good at, and that's pursuing someone who'll give him a long, hard run. Actually, he'll go without eating just for the pleasure of chasing Reddy and Granny Fox or Old Man Coyote.One day, Bowser gets more than he bargained for when Old Man Coyote decides to lead him on a long chase, just for fun, and make Bowser run and run. In fact, Bowser runs out of the forest and the old pasture until he's so far from home, he feels as if he is in another country. But with the help of Blacky the Crow and other friends, Bowser finally gets even with the old coyote.Young readers and nature lovers of all ages will love this appealing story of exciting animal life in the Green Forest.”
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Chapter 1 OLD MAN COYOTE LEADS BOWSER AWAY

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Chapter 2 OLD MAN COYOTE PLAYS A TRICK

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Chapter 3 WHAT HAPPENED TO BOWSER

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Chapter 4 POOR BOWSER

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Chapter 5 BOWSER SPENDS A BAD NIGHT

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Chapter 6 THE SURPRISE OF BLACKY THE CROW

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Chapter 7 BLACKY THE CROW TAKES PITY ON BOWSER

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Chapter 8 HOW BLACKY THE CROW HELPED BOWSER

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Chapter 9 OLD MAN COYOTE GIVES OUT DARK HINTS

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Chapter 10 HOW REDDY FOX INVESTIGATED

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Chapter 11 A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS

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Chapter 12 THE CLEVERNESS OF OLD MAN COYOTE

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Chapter 13 THE MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE NIGHT BREEZE

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Chapter 14 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE

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Chapter 15 REDDY'S FORLORN CHANCE

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Chapter 16 WHY REDDY WENT WITHOUT A CHICKEN DINNER

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Chapter 17 FARMER BROWN'S BOY DROPS A PAN OF CORN

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Chapter 18 MUTUAL RELIEF

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Chapter 19 WHERE WAS BOWSER THE HOUND

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Chapter 20 WHERE BOWSER WAS

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Chapter 21 BOWSER BECOMES A PRISONER

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Chapter 22 FARMER BROWN'S BOY LOOKS IN VAIN

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Chapter 23 BOWSER'S GREAT VOICE

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Chapter 24 BLACKY TRIES TO GET HELP

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Chapter 25 BLACKY CALLS ON REDDY FOX

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Chapter 26 RED WITS AND BLACK WITS

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Chapter 27 THE ARTFULNESS OF BLACKY

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Chapter 28 REDDY FOX DREAMS OF CHICKENS

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Chapter 29 REDDY TRIES TO AROUSE BLACKY'S PITY

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Chapter 30 BLACKY THE CROW IS ALL PITY

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Chapter 31 BLACKY IS MUCH PLEASED WITH HIMSELF

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Chapter 32 BLACKY WAITS FOR REDDY

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Chapter 33 REDDY WATCHES THE FAT HENS

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Chapter 34 PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCE

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Chapter 35 THINGS HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE

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Chapter 36 REDDY HIDES THE FAT HEN

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Chapter 37 FARMER BROWN'S BOY HAS A GLAD SURPRISE

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Chapter 38 REDDY GOES BACK FOR HIS FAT HEN

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Chapter 39 A VANISHED DINNER

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Chapter 40 WHERE WAS REDDY'S DINNER

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