CHAPTER XVIII 

THE HUNTER LOSES HIS TEMPER 

The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled silently. That is to say, he laughed without making any sound. The hunter thought the warning of Mr. and Mrs. Quack by Sammy Jay was a great joke on Reddy. To tell the truth, he was very much pleased. As you know, he wanted those Ducks himself. He suspected that they would stay in that little pond for some days, and he planned to return there and shoot them after he had got Lightfoot the Deer. He wanted to get Lightfoot first, and he knew that to shoot at anything else might spoil his chance of getting a shot at Lightfoot. 

"Sammy Jay did me a good turn," thought the hunter, "although he doesn't know it. Reddy Fox certainly would have caught one of those Ducks had Sammy not come along just when he did. It would have been a shame to have had one of them caught by that Fox. I mean to get one, and I hope both of them, myself." 

Now when you come to think of it, it would have been a far greater shame for the hunter to have killed Mr. and Mrs. Quack than for Reddy Fox to have done so. Reddy was hunting them because he was hungry. The hunter would have shot them for sport. He didn't need them. He had plenty of other food. Reddy Fox doesn't kill just for the pleasure of killing. 
Where did the hunter hide?
Whose pond?
What did he want for himself?
Would he leave them and return?
How long did he expect them to stay?
When would he come back?
Why did it need to be in that order?
Who had helped the hunter?
Was it intentional?
Without him, who would have gotten a duck?
What were the ducks' names?
Why did Reddy want them?
Why did the Hunter?
Was the hunter starving?
Whose killing would be the biggest shame?
What kind of animal was Reddy?
Does the hunter hope for one duck, or both?
Who had a joke played on them?
Was the hunter noisy while observing the ducks?
Where would the hunter find Lightfoot?
near a pond
The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver
Paddy the Beaver's
 the pond of Paddy the Beaver
the Ducks
 he wanted those Ducks himself
yes
he planned to return there and shoot them after he had got Lightfoot the Deer
for some days
 they would stay in that little pond for some days
after he had got Lightfoot the Deer
 return there and shoot them after he had got Lightfoot the Deer
shooting at anything might spoil his chance of getting a shot at Lightfoot
he knew that to shoot at anything else might spoil his chance of getting a shot at Lightfoot
Sammy Jay
Sammy Jay did me a good turn
no
although he doesn't know it
no
Reddy Fox certainly would have caught one of those Ducks had Sammy not come along just when he did
Mr. and Mrs. Quack
Mr. and Mrs. Quack 
he was hungry
 Reddy was hunting them because he was hungry
for sport
The hunter would have shot them for sport
no
He didn't need them
the hunter
 it would have been a far greater shame for the hunter
a fox
 Reddy Fox
both
and I hope both of them,
Reddy
was a great joke on Reddy
no
chuckled silently
unknown
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