Roy Blakely, Pathfinder

just then I saw a very narrow path on the opposite side of the road that led into th

he windows all boarded up and the door standing a little open. There was a staple on the door with an old padlock hanging on it, but I guess the padlock wasn't any good. One thing sure, nobody lived there. I went and peeked inside and s

lace was just a spring house. Anyway, I didn't wait because I was in a hurry. When I came out I pushed the door open a little and th

he print of an animal; or anyway, if it wasn't, I didn't know what else it was. There were six prints, something like a c

f the country, they wouldn't be roaming around near villages. Anyway, the five toe prints had me guessing, because a wild cat has only four. I could

but I couldn't find any and I kept wondering what kind o

t exactly scared, but anyway, they made me feel sort of funny, because they were so big and pri

with one of its feet. But in a minute I had sense enough to see that wasn't the way it was, because there were always two of one kind pretty close together and then two of the other kind pretty close toge

They had me al

ther and I looked in the bushes for h

ve toes on his front feet and only four on his hind feet and I

just the same I was kind of g