The fox was stooping over something reddish that lay beside the path, and he cried-- 'I say, look here!' in tones that thrilled us throughout.
Our fox--whom we must now call Dicky, so as not to muddle the narration--pointed to the reddy thing that the dogs were sniffing at.
'It's a real live fox,' he said.

And so it was.

At least it was real--only it was quite dead--and when Oswald lifted it up its head was bleeding.

It had evidently been shot through the brain and expired instantly.

Oswald explained this to the girls when they began to cry at the sight of the poor beast; I do not say he did not feel a bit sorry himself.
The fox was cold, but its fur was so pretty, and its tail and its little feet.