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Passing over venomous snakes, skunks, and a few other species in which the presence of danger excites only anger, fear has a powerful, and in some cases a disabling, effect on animals; and it is this paralyzing effect of fear on which the death-feigning instinct, found only in a few widely-separated species, has probably been built up by the slow cumulative process of natural selection.
At length he lost all prudence. "Nn o! Nnno o, sir! Not in this house you don't; and not on this place! Wait till he's off my land; I'm not goin' to have the infernal rebels a-turpentinin' my house and a-burnin' it over my head. What air you three skunks in such a sweat to git found out for, like a pack o' daymn' fools!
"If them skunks have got th' camp, 'twill be death to sot foot on that big limb." "But, dad " "'Twon't help him none for you tew git killed. I'll take a look first," and the great strength of Ham forced Rex back, while he himself began cautiously, yet rapidly, crawling through the narrow opening.
For dogs, foxes, cats, skunks, coons, weasels, minks, snakes, hawks, owls, and men, and even insects were all plotting to kill them They had hundreds of adventures, and at least once a day they had to fly for their lives and save themselves by their legs and wits. More than once that hateful fox from Springfield \ drove them to taking refuge under the wreck of a barbedwire hog-pen by the spring.
This ominous note was unsigned; but there was no need of any signature. For a moment after all had finished reading, no one spoke, but each stood staring from the paper to the dagger in Ham's hand. Then Ham suddenly straightened up with a growl of rage. "I thought it was them, an' this proves I was right. Th' durned skunks!" and the righteous wrath in Ham's eyes was good to see.
The guilty class was made to feel mightily ashamed of itself for a while, but in after years it has proudly borne the title of "Human Skunks" conferred upon it at the time. Mass action has always been a favorite method of student expression. Of this the organized "bolting" of the years just after the war is an example.
An' when I did show you got sore becoz you'd figgered there 'ud be more with me away. "A fine lot of skunks. You can take yore damned bit of paper an' light yore pipes with it, for all of me. To hell with it! "Shut up!" His voice topped the murmurs at the table.
"We've got no time to lose. I've got tools or rather Milt had." "What's the matter with Finzer?" Buck was keenly concerned for he and Milt had been quite chummy. Blaine told him briefly all that had happened. "And you had to leave him back there? Well well, it's war. Sure he was dead? By thunder! I'll get even yet with Hans Gawd willin'. The skunks!"
The garden was traversed by an avenue of fine eucalyptus trees, amongst whose dusky foliage little screaming green parrakeets darted in and out all day long, like flashes of vivid emerald light. The garden was also, unfortunately, the favourite recreation-ground of a family of lively skunks, and the skunk is an animal whose terrific offensive powers necessitate extreme caution in approaching him.
Before the judges knew that anything had happened a shabby, bearded old man in a rusty black frock coat dodged across the track from the paddock gate and splashed hurriedly through the infield. Old Man Curry never used binoculars; he had the eyes of an eagle. "Been looking for it to happen every day!" he muttered. "And a right likely colt, too. The skunks! The miserable little skunks!"
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