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... walked up to the porcupine and tentatively raised a paw as if to slap, but it merely rattled its quills furiously and sidled toward her. She prudently retreated from this battery of miniature spears. After repulsing the lioness ...
... walked up to the porcupine and tentatively raised a paw as if to slap, but it merely rattled its quills furiously and sidled toward her. She prudently retreated from this battery of miniature spears. After repulsing the lioness ...
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... walked alertly ahead until their shadows disappeared in some tall grass. I waited beside the cubs, feeling that the lionesses were hunting something I could not see. Suddenly the cubs bounded ahead, and, hurrying after them, I soon came ...
... walked alertly ahead until their shadows disappeared in some tall grass. I waited beside the cubs, feeling that the lionesses were hunting something I could not see. Suddenly the cubs bounded ahead, and, hurrying after them, I soon came ...
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... walked off, closely followed by her suitor, then swatted him gently in the face before coyly rolling over and squirming on her back. The two had unfortunately chosen the airfield for their courtship, a location that hardly assured them ...
... walked off, closely followed by her suitor, then swatted him gently in the face before coyly rolling over and squirming on her back. The two had unfortunately chosen the airfield for their courtship, a location that hardly assured them ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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