Sometimes it has been Reddy Fox behind him, sometimes Bowser the Hound, and once or twice Old Man Coyote. Ryder has known that on his long legs his life has depended, and more than once a terrible fear has filled his heart. But Ryder has also known that if he could reach the old stone wall or the dead Old Briar-patch first, he would be safe, and he always has reached it. So when he has been running with that terrible fear in his heart, there has always been hope there, too. |






