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CHAPTER X

A YOUNG FISHERMAN IS CAUGHT

The heedless young who disobey
Will for their folly have to pay.

Little Joe Otter.

Farmer Brown's boy watched the family fishing party until it moved on to the next pool. Then he remembered his own fishing and the fat trout he had promised to bring back for supper that night.

"Now I understand why I haven't had a bite," he chuckled. "Little Joe Otter and his family got started earlier than I did. They are welcome to all they have