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Excerpt: \"Never before, in the early, early spring, had there been so much excitement down at Doctor Muskratâs Pond. Of course, springâs the season for visitors. They were always on the lookout for old friends winging up from the south. The Beautiful Duck and his mate, whoâd warned Nibble Rabbit about the Terrible Storm, stopped in to wish everyone a happy summer. Then they laughingly beaked their way northward through a flurry of late snow. Bad weather couldnât scare them now. They kept a lookout for old enemies, too, as wise Woodsfolk always must. But there was one visitor who puzzled them. Was he an enemy, or was he a friend? Doctor Muskrat himself couldnât say. Or rather, he wouldnât. But that wasnât what started all the discussion. The visitor was Tommy Peele. And his old dog Watch said he owned the Woods and Fields. Now did that mean he owned the Woodsfolk who lived in them? Thatâs what everyone wanted to know. For the Woodsfolk were wild. Could a wild beast ever belong to any one? Doctor Muskrat had never heard of such a thing.\" |
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