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CHAPTER XX
A VERY MEEK YOUNG OTTER
The wise will never scorn retreat
When facing swift and sure defeat.
Little Joe Otter.
Yes, Sir, it certainly looked bad for that young Otter fighting with Yowler the Bobcat. It looked very much as if in the end Yowler would have that dinner of tender, young Otter for which he was fighting. Such a snarling and spitting! Such a thrashing about in the snow, as they rolled over and over! Never had Yowler fought harder.
