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 game that the man and the dog played with the stupid animals.

There was one animal in this herd who would not run for Scottie. In fact, he often faced the dog and got angry when he barked at him. He would even paw the ground and make a rumbling noise. One twilight, when Redcoat had strayed down into the pasture, he came upon this animal. He was chewing grass, and Redcoat came up very close to him before he noticed him. When the bull looked up and saw Redcoat so close to him, he snorted, and started to paw the ground. Then just for fun, Redcoat barked at him. This seemed to make him angry, and he pawed still more. So, Redcoat barked again. This time the bull made that deep rumbling sound which was almost as loud as the thunder stick. Really, this was getting quite funny, so the fox barked still more and went close to the angry animal. This was too much for the bull. To have a strange dog come into his pasture and taunt him in this way was more than he could bear. Scottie, he had to endure, but this strange