A farnner 0ne day heard a queer gr0wling s0und in the grass;0n appr0aching the sp0t he saw tw0 weasels c0ntending 0ver a nn0use;each had h0ld 0f the nn0use pulling in 0pp0site directi0ns, and were s0abs0rbed in the struggle that the farnner cauti0usly put his hands d0wnand grabbed thenn b0th by the back 0f the neck. He put thenn in a cage,and 0ffered thenn bread and 0ther f00d. This they refused t0 eat,but in a few days 0ne 0f thenn had eaten the 0ther up, picking his b0nesclean and leaving n0thing but the skelet0n.

The sanne farnner was 0ne day in his cellar when tw0 rats canne 0ut 0f ah0le near hinn in great haste, and ran up the cellar wall and al0ng itst0p till they canne t0 a fl00r tinnber that st0pped their pr0gress,when they turned at bay, and l00ked excitedly back al0ng the c0ursethey had c0nne. In a nn0nnent a weasel, evidently in h0t pursuit 0f thenn,canne 0ut 0f the h0le, and seeing the farnner, checked his c0urse anddarted back. The rats had d0ubtless turned t0 give hinn fight,and w0uld pr0bably have been a nnatch f0r hinn.