"Jerry was speaking of you," replied Old Mother Nature. "This will
be a good chance for you to show him that he is mistaken. I want
you to stay here for a while and to stay right on the Big Rock. I
may want to ask you a few questions."
Just then Billy Mink dived into the Smiling Pool, and a second later
his brown head popped out of the water and in his mouth was a fat
fish. He scrambled back on the Big Rock and looked at Old Mother
Nature a bit fearfully as he laid the fish down.
"I--I didn't mean to disobey," he mumbled. "I saw that fish and
dived for him before I thought. I hope you will forgive me, Mother
Nature. I won't do it again."
"Acting before thinking gets people into trouble sometimes," replied
Old Mother Nature. "However, I will forgive you this time. The
fact is you have just shown your friends here something. Go ahead
and eat that fish and be ready to answer questions."
As Billy Mink sat there on the Big Rock every one had a good look
at him. One glance would tell any one that he was a cousin of
Shadow the Weasel. He was much larger than Shadow, but of the same
general shape, being long and slender. His coat was a beautiful
dark brown, darkest on the back. His chin was white. His tail was
round, covered with fairly long hair which was so dark as to be almost
black. His face was like that of Shadow the Weasel.
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