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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: "He scared away the coyotes."
"Youngster, even a silver-tip--thet's a grizzly bear--will make tracks away
from a cougar. I lent my pack of hounds to a pard over near Springer. If I
had them we'd put thet cougar up a tree in no time."
"Are there many lions--cougars here?"
"Only a few. Thet's why there's plenty of deer. Other game is plentiful,
too. Foxes, wolves, an', up in the mountains, bears are thick."
"Then I may get to see one--get a shot at one?"
"Wal, I reckon."
From that time I trod on air. I found myself wishing for my brother Hal. I
became reconciled to the loss of mustang and outfit. For a moment I almost
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