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Show -9- of him and finally nothing until now, several years later, when those same brothers discovered him in the fields, captured him and placed him in that steel barrel. Surely he hadn't forgotten that he was our pet. Even though he seemed very wild and fierce, the boys felt it wouldn't take long to retame him. But every time one of us even came near the barrel he would crouch and hiss. After observing him for several days, Mother knew, like mothers know, that he had made a definate transition to the wild and she made the decision to set him free. Mother was smiling slightly as she turned to walk back into the house, the smile of someone who had done her good deed for the day. The badger digs in. |