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CHAPTER XVIII
THE SMALLEST OTTER IS WILFUL
The wilful and the heedless gain
Experience through fright and pain.
Little Joe Otter.
Little Joe and Mrs. Otter are wise in the ways and the things of the Green Forest. So, as they journeyed towards the distant brook they had planned to visit, their keen ears caught every little sound, and without bothering to investigate they knew just what had made each little sound. But with the two young Otters it was a very different matter. Everything was
