“Well, I never,” said Mama. “Do you really think they do? It does look like they do. Why, just look at them.”
Little Ann started wiggling and twisting. Old Dan trotted out to the gate, stopped, turned around, and looked at me.
“Sure they know Billy’s going hunting,” piped the little one, “and I know why.”
“How do you know so much, silly?” asked the oldest one.
“Because I told Little Ann, that’s why,” she said, “and she told Old Dan. That’s how they know.”
We all had to laugh at her. The last thing I heard as I left the house was the voice of my mother.
“Be careful, Billy,” she said, “and don’t stay out late.”
It was a beautiful night, still and frosty. A big grinning Ozark moon had the countryside bathed in a soft yellow glow.
The starlit heaven reminded me of a large blue umbrella, outspread and with the handle broken off.
Just before I reached the timber, I called my dogs to me.
“Now the trail will be a little different tonight,” I whispered.
It won’t be a hide dragged on the ground. It’ll be the real thing, so remember everything I taught you and I’m depending on you.
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