文档介绍：Animal Heroes
Animal Heroes
by Ernest Thompson Seton
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Animal Heroes
Note to Reader
A hero is an individual of unusual gifts and achievements. Whether it
be man or animal, this definition applies; and it is the histories of such that
appeal to the imagination and to the hearts of those who hear them.
In this volume every one of the stories, though more or posite,
is founded on the actual life of a veritable animal hero. The most
composite is the White Reindeer. This story I wrote by Utrovand in
Norway during the summer of 1900, while the Reindeer herds grazed in
sight on the near uplands.
The Lynx is founded on some of my own early experiences in the
backwoods.
It is less than ten years since the 'Jack Warhorse' won his hero-crown.
Thousands of "Kaskadoans" will remember him, and by the name
Warhorse his coursing exploits are recorded in several daily papers.
The posite is Arnaux. It is so nearly historical that several
who knew the bird have supplied additional items of information.
The nest of the destroying Peregrines, with its owners and their young,
is now to be seen in the American Museum of Natural History of New
York. The Museum authorities inform me that Pigeon badges with the
following numbers were found in the nest: 9970-S, 1696, U. 63, 77, J. F.
52, Ex. 705, 6-1894, C 20900. Perhaps some Pigeon-lover may learn from
these lines the fate of one or other wonderful flier that has long been
recorded "never returned."
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Animal Heroes
THE SLUM CAT
LIFE I
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M-e-a-t! M-e-a-t!" came shrilling down Scrimper's Alley. Surely the
Pied Piper of Hamelin was there, for it seemed that all the Cats in the
neighborhood were running toward the sound, though the Dogs, it must be
confessed, looked scornfully indifferent.
"Meat! Meat! "and louder; then the centre of attraction came in view--
a rough, dirty little man with a push-cart; while straggling behind him
were a score of Cats that joined in his cry with a sound nearly