she was doing, he made up his mind to have a try himself, for he was
afraid that if she caught Danny Meadow Mouse, she would think that
he was not big enough to divide. Perhaps that was because Reddy is
very selfish himself. So the next time Granny plunged into the snow
and missed Danny Meadow Mouse just as before, Reddy rushed in ahead
of her, and the minute he heard Danny running down below, he plunged
in just as he had seen Granny do. But he didn't take the pains to
make sure of just where Danny was, and so of course he didn't come
anywhere near him. But he frightened Danny still more and made old
Granny Fox lose her temper.

Poor Danny Meadow Mouse! He had never been so frightened in all his
life. He didn't know which way to turn or where to run. And so he
sat still, which, although he didn't know it, was the very best
thing he could do. When he sat still he made no noise, and so of
course Granny and Reddy Fox could not tell where he was. Old Granny
Fox sat and listened and listened and listened, and wondered where
Danny Meadow Mouse was. And down under the snow Danny Meadow Mouse
sat and listened and listened and listened, and wondered where
Granny and Reddy Fox were.

"Pooh!" said Granny Fox after a while, "that Meadow Mouse thinks he
can fool me by sitting still. I'll give him a scare."

Then she began to plunge into the snow this way and that way, and
sure enough, pretty soon she landed so close to Danny Meadow Mouse
that one of her claws scratched him.

CHAPTER VI

_Danny Meadow Mouse Remembers and Reddy Fox Forgets_

"There he goes!" cried old Granny Fox. "Don't let him sit still
again!"

"I hear him!" shouted Reddy Fox, and plunged down into the snow just
as Granny Fox had done a minute before. But he didn't catch
anything, and when he had blown the snow out of his nose and wiped
it out of his eyes, he saw Granny Fox dive into the snow with no
better luck.

"Never mind," said Granny Fox, "as long as we keep him running, we
can hear him, and some one of these times we'll catch him. Pretty
soon he'll get too tired to be so spry, and when he is--" Granny
didn't finish, but licked her chops and smacked her lips. Reddy Fox
grinned, then licked his chops and smacked his lips. Then once more
they took turns diving into the snow.

And down underneath in the little tunnels he had made, Danny Meadow
Mouse was running for his life. He was getting tired, just as old
Granny Fox had said he would. He w