1 I never saw a boy foxes and crows loved.
2 And he knows where foxes and badgers and otters live.
3 "If I had a raven or a fox cub I could play with it," said Mary.
4 The new-born lamb was in his arms and the little red fox trotted by his side.
5 "This is th little fox cub," he said, rubbing the little reddish animal's head.
6 Dickon brought his fox and his rook and I was going to tell you all about them.
7 He can charm foxes and squirrels and birds just as the natives in India charm snakes.
8 The fox and the crow were with him again and this time he had brought two tame squirrels.
9 A boy, and a fox, and a crow, and two squirrels, and a new-born lamb, are coming to see me this morning.
10 She wanted to tell Colin about Dickon's fox cub and the rook and about what the springtime had been doing.
11 He once found a little fox cub half drowned in its hole and he brought it home in th bosom of his shirt to keep it warm.
12 The little fox and the rook were as happy and busy as they were, and the robin and his mate flew backward and forward like tiny streaks of lightning.
13 The fox was lying on the grass close by him, looking up to ask for a pat now and then, and Dickon bent down and rubbed his neck softly and thought a few minutes in silence.
14 Ben Weatherstaff walked behind, and the "creatures" trailed after them, the lamb and the fox cub keeping close to Dickon, the white rabbit hopping along or stopping to nibble and Soot following with the solemnity of a person who felt himself in charge.
15 The truth was that in spite of all he had heard he had not in the least understood what this boy would be like and that his fox and his crow and his squirrels and his lamb were so near to him and his friendliness that they seemed almost to be part of himself.
16 Dickon held his rabbit in his arm, and perhaps he made some charmer's signal no one heard, for when he sat down, cross-legged like the rest, the crow, the fox, the squirrels and the lamb slowly drew near and made part of the circle, settling each into a place of rest as if of their own desire.
17 Ants' ways, beetles' ways, bees' ways, frogs' ways, birds' ways, plants' ways, gave him a new world to explore and when Dickon revealed them all and added foxes' ways, otters' ways, ferrets' ways, squirrels' ways, and trout and water-rats' and badgers' ways, there was no end to the things to talk about and think over.
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