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CHAPTER XXV

THE YOUNG OTTERS ARE WARNED

The young who heed an elder's warning
Show evidence of wisdom's dawning.

Little Joe Otter.

"Do you remember the terrible two-legged creature who chased us on our way from the Laughing Brook to this brook?" Little Joe Otter asked the two young Otters.

Both nodded their heads. "I guess I do!" exclaimed one. "He gave me a dreadful fright."

"Have you seen anything of him since we have been staying over here?" Mrs. Joe asked.