Project Gutenberg 2011-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 350 Haviland, Maud D. (Maud Doria) 1889 1941 Haviland, Maud Doria Haviland, M. D. (Maud Doria) Brindley, Maud Doria Caldwell, E. (Edmund G.) Caldwell, Edmund G. Lives of the Fur Folk The story of Redpad the fox: The spring rains. The hunters. First blood. How the debt was paid. The sheep slayer. From Kilmanagh to Knockdane -- The story of Fluff-Button the rabbit: How Fluff-Button cried quits. The spring longing. The invasion of Garry's Hill. The fear that was in the way. Under the moon -- Stories from the life of Grimalkin the cat: The first hunting. The stealthy death. The collared buck. Zoe. Where the battle is to the strong -- The biography of Stubbs the badger: The twilight hunters. Borrigan's baiting. The Larch Hill 'earth.' Produced by Roberta Staehlin, David Garcia, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Lives of the Fur Folk" by Maud D. Haviland is a collection of animal stories written in the early 20th century. The book portrays the lives and adventures of various wild creatures, particularly focusing on a fox named Redpad and his experiences in Knockdane Woods. With elements of anthropomorphism, it explores themes of instinct, survival, and moral lessons through the interactions of these animals and their environment. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Vix, a mother fox, who cares for her cubs in a secluded drain as spring rains flood her den. The opening chapters depict vivid scenes of nature and establish the instincts and challenges faced by the animals in the wild. As Vix strives to protect her cubs from danger, we follow the gradual growth of Redpad, who later encounters hunters and other threats. The opening effectively sets the tone for the storytelling, blending natural history with charming fantasy while evoking empathy for the protagonists of the animal kingdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals PR QL Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals 354143 354104 2024-09-15T14:43:29.591287 2023-09-16T08:03:51.709955 text/html text/html 347493 2021-01-08T01:39:06 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1810529 2021-01-08T01:39:07 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1969906 2024-09-15T14:43:38.515192 application/epub+zip 1973312 2024-09-15T14:43:32.653209 application/epub+zip 1232615 2024-09-15T14:43:31.012257 application/epub+zip 2124984 2024-09-15T14:43:44.073655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043936 2024-09-15T14:43:37.064230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305143 2022-09-17T05:18:19.535619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301988 301734 2024-09-15T14:43:28.406330 2023-09-16T08:03:50.761954 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301839 2021-01-08T01:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 115621 2021-01-08T01:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301830 2021-01-08T01:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115590 2021-01-08T01:39:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21060 2024-09-15T14:43:44.269664 application/rdf+xml 12608 2024-09-15T14:43:31.376221 image/jpeg 3290 2024-09-15T14:43:31.193232 image/jpeg 1879501 2024-09-15T14:43:29.815256 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog