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CHAPTER XXIV

LITTLE JOE OTTER IS SUSPICIOUS

Suspicious folk avoid mishaps
By always watching out for traps.

Little Joe Otter.

Hardly had the trapper disappeared in the woods when Little Joe Otter awoke and crept forth from his hiding-place. He left Mrs. Otter and the two young Otters still asleep. Little Joe yawned, stretched, and then decided that he wanted a trout. It didn't take him long to catch one. With it in his mouth he swam straight to a certain old log, one