There were six
prints, something like a cat's, only the paw that made them had five
toes. The other mark was the paw mark. It was the biggest print that I
ever saw.
The first animal I thought about was a wild cat. But of course, I knew
there weren't any wild cats right there. Even if there were any in that
part of the country, they wouldn't be roaming around near villages.
Anyway, the five toe prints had me guessing, because a wild cat has only
four. I could see that the animal must have been crossing the path,
because the print was sideways and the bushes alongside of the path were
kind of trampled down.
You can bet I took a good look in those bushes for hairs, but I couldn't
find any and I kept wondering what kind of an animal had a paw as big as
a man's hand and five toes.
After I had gone a little further, I came plunk on a whole line of them
along the path. I wasn't exactly scared, but anyway, they made me feel
sort of funny, because they were so big and printed so plain. The animal
that made those tracks must have been a pretty big animal, I knew that.
Then, all of a sudden, I discovered something else.
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