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. 
Who wants to kill something?
Who does he think did him good?
Did he realize this?
What would have happened if Sam hadn't been there?
Why didn't he want one gotten?
Did he laugh loudly?
Where was he?
Whose pond?
Was he out in the open?
How long did he believe the ducks would stick around?
Was he going to knife them?
Then what?
Are those the only animals he was going to murder?
Who else then?
What kind of animal was that?
Why did he want that one first?
Was he murdering them for survival?
Then why?
So he already had sustenance?
Why would the fox have murdered them?
The hunter
The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled silently
Sammy Jay
Sammy Jay did me a good turn," thought the hunter
no
although he doesn't know it.
Reddy Fox would have caught a Duck
Reddy Fox certainly would have caught one of those Ducks had Sammy not come along
he wanted both himself
and I hope both of them, myself." 
no
The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver, chuckled silently
near the pond
The hunter, hidden near the pond of Paddy the Beaver
Paddy the Beaver
near the pond of Paddy the Beaver
no
The hunter, hidden near the pond
for some days
He suspected that they would stay in that little pond for some days
no
 and shoot them
he planned to shoot them
he planned to return there and shoot them
no
He wanted to get Lightfoot first
Lightfoot
after he had got Lightfoot the Deer.
a Deer
Lightfoot the Deer.
because he knew that to shoot at anything else 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
no
He didn't need them. He had plenty of other food
for sport.
The hunter would have shot them for sport.
yes
He had plenty of other food
because he was hungry
Reddy was hunting them because he was hungry