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The Dragons paused, astonished at the magic and blinking at the sunlight,
and this gave Woot time to climb through the opening. As soon as he
reached the surface of the earth the hole closed again, and the boy monkey
realized, with a thrill of joy, that he had seen the last of the dangerous
Dragon family.
He sat upon the ground, still panting hard from his exertions, when the
bushes before him parted and his former enemy, the Jaguar, appeared.
"
Don't run," said the woodland beast, as Woot sprang up; "you are perfectly
safe, so far as I am concerned, for since you so mysteriously disappeared I
have had my breakfast. I am now on my way home to sleep the rest of the
day."
"
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Oh, indeed!" returned the Green Monkey, in a tone both sorry and startled.
Which of my friends did you manage to eat?"
"None of them," returned the Jaguar, with a sly grin "I had a dish of magic
scrambled eggs--on toast--and it wasn't a bad feast, at all. There isn't room
in me for even you, and I don't regret it because I judge, from your green
color, that you are not ripe, and would make an indifferent meal. We jaguars
have to be careful of our digestions. Farewell, Friend Monkey. Follow the
path I made through the bushes and you will find your friends."
With this the Jaguar marched on his way and Woot took his advice and
followed the trail he had made until he came to the place where the little
Brown Bear, and the Tin Owl, and the Canary were conferring together and
wondering what had become of their comrade, the Green Monkey.
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