"
Squinty looked through the trees, and saw a number of men coming toward
him and the monkey. Then Mappo climbed up in a tall tree, and Squinty
ran away as fast as his little short legs would take him.
"Never mind the pig! Get the monkey!" Squinty heard one man cry, and
then the comical little pig dodged under a bush, and kept on running.
When Squinty stopped running it was quite dark. He could hardly see, and
he had run into several trees, and bumped his nose a number of times. It
hurt him very much.
"Well, I guess I'm lost again," thought Squinty. "And I am all alone.
Oh, what a lot of things has happened to me since I was in the pen with
my mamma and papa and sisters and brothers! I wish I were back with them
again."
Squinty felt very sad and lonesome. He wondered if the circus men had
caught Mappo. Then he felt that he had better find a place where he
could cover himself up with the dry leaves, and go to sleep.
He walked about in the dark until, all of a sudden, he stumbled into a
hole that was filled with dried grass.
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