CHAPTER 17
Hampton stretched. He felt good after a full
night’s sleep. Several times he was awakened by strange sounds
coming from the dark woods.
This morning he was refreshed, but his
muscles were sore from his long journey, and once again he was
hungry. He wondered about the fox. He had seen the creature enter
the shabby building the night before, after leaving Hampton a
welcome dinner. Could miracles happen twice? Whether the fox was
still inside or had slipped out during the night were beyond
Hampton’s comprehension. If the fox had slipped out, and Hampton
knew they were slippery creatures from his brief exposure to their
ways, he had managed to elude detection. Hampton was brash enough
to think, for a minute, that perhaps the fox was out scrounging
breakfast for them bo
