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Updated: June 20, 2025
It was a wonder that the Hackees found room to turn as they did in that narrow tunnel. Phil tried in vain to come between them; they pushed him aside as if he were a bundle of grass, and in a second were at each other again. He was afraid that, like the Otters, they would fight to the death. But the pugnacious Hackees' rage was spent as suddenly as it had arisen.
Swift as were the movements of the Stoat, he was on strange ground, while the Hackees knew every inch of it. His savage eyes looked like vengeful green fire to Phil, who waited for him in the centre of the gallery, hoping to bar his way. But the Stoat passed by him as if he were not there, and Phil listened with dread for the strangled cry which would mean that one of the Hackees had met his doom.
None came; the Stoat had missed a turn in the winding tunnel, and the flying Hackees reached the hollow tree in safety. Once there, it was easy to dive down another burrow and so baffle pursuit, but they were two very frightened Squirrels when at last they stopped for breath. By Lillian M. Gask
Father Beaver was interested to learn from Phil of the Hackees' narrow escape. "We have all our foes," he said, "and must fight them as best we can, with our wits or our teeth, the weapons Nature has given us.
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