獵人搗毀了偷雞吃的狐狸Vixen的窩,
俘虜了小狐狸Tip,用鐵鏈把它拴在院子裏。
夜裏,Vixen來救它的孩子了。它一次次叼起Tip往回拖,
但是,當鐵鏈拉直時,Tip就會被扯痛,
於是,Vixen便用牙齒去啃咬鐵鏈,無濟於事後又挖坑,
把鐵鏈收到坑裏埋上(它以爲這樣鐵鏈就不存在了)
,結果Tip還是被鐵鏈扯住了。
連續四個晚上,Vixen都冒著被獵人的子彈打中的危險,
和被獵狗追咬的危險,來給孩子送吃的,
並努力想救走Tip。到了第五個晚上——
Vixen像個黑影兒似地跑來,待了一會兒,
又無聲無息地走掉了。Tip呢,一口咬住了它扔下來的一樣東西,
津津有味地大吃大嚼起來。
可是,就在它吞咽的時候,一股刀紮似的劇痛刺透了它的全身,
痛得它禁不住失聲大叫起來。
接著,小傢夥又掙扎了一陣子,就躺在地上永遠不動了……
(以下是原文接近結尾的部分文章)
「The mother's love was strong in Vix, but a higher thought was
stronger. She knew right well the poison's power; she knew the
poison bait, and would have taught him had he lived to know and
shun it too. But now at last when she must choose for him a
wretched prisoner's life or sudden death, she quenched the mother
in her breast and freed him by the one remaining door.」
(原文)Seton動物小說合法下載處
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