Before I reached the tree, Old Dan’s deep voice was making the timber shake.
The tree was a large birch, standing right on the bank of the river.
The swift current had eaten away at the footing, causing it to lean.
The lower branches of the tree dangled in the water.
I saw how the smart old coon had pulled his trick.
Coming in toward the bank from midstream, he had caught the dangling limbs and climbed up.
Exhausted from the long swim, he stayed there in the birch thinking he had outsmarted my dogs.
I couldn’t understand how Little Ann had found him.
It was impossible to fall the tree toward the bottoms. It was too much off balance.
I did the next best thing. I cut a long elder switch. Unbuckling one of my suspenders, I tied it to the end and climbed the tree.
The coon was sitting in a fork of a limb. Taking my switch, I whopped him a good one and out he came.
He sailed out over the river. With a loud splash, he hit the water and swam for the other side.
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