ted
to run as soon as she was sure that the hound had seen her, but she did
not run very fast. Reddy did not know what to make of it, for Granny
seemed simply to be playing with the hound and not really trying to get
away from him at all. Pretty soon Reddy heard another sound. It was a
long, low rumble. Then there was a distant whistle. It was a train.

Granny heard it, too. As she ran, she began to work back toward the long
bridge. The train was in sight now. Suddenly Granny Fox started across
the bridge so fast that she looked like a little red streak. The dog
was close at her heels when she started and he was so eager to catch her
that he didn't see either the bridge or the train. But he couldn't begin
to run as fast as Granny Fox. Oh, my, no! When she had reached the other
side, he wasn't halfway across, and right behind him, whistling for him
to get out of the way, was the train.

The hound gave one frightened yelp, and then he did the only thing he
could do; he leaped down, down into the swift water below, and the last
Reddy saw of him he was frantically trying to swim ashore.

"Now you know why I wanted you to learn to cross a bridge; it's a very
nice way of getting rid of dogs," said Granny Fox, as she climbed up
beside Reddy.

III. Bowser the Hound Isn't Fooled

Reddy Fox had been taught so much by Granny Fox that he began to feel
very wise and very important. Reddy is naturally smart and he had been
very quick to learn the tricks that old Granny Fox had taught him.
But Reddy Fox is a boaster. Every day he swaggered about on the Green
Meadows and bragged how smart he was. Blacky the Crow grew tired of
Reddy's boasting.

"If you're so smart, what is the reason you always keep out of sight of
Bowser the Hound?" asked Blacky. "For my part, I don't believe that you
are smart enough to fool him."

A lot of little meadow people heard Blacky say this, and Reddy knew it.
He also knew that if he didn't prove Blacky in the wrong he would be
laughed at forever after. Suddenly he remembered the trick that Granny
Fox had played on the young hound at the railroad bridge. Why not play
the same trick on Bowser and invite Blacky the Crow to see him do it? He
would.

"If you will be over at the railroad bridge when the train comes this
afternoon, I'll show you how easy it is to fool Bowser the Hound," said
Reddy.

Blacky agreed to be there, and Reddy started off to find out where
Bowser was. Blacky told everyon