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would strew along into the trap, and would squeeze through

the pliant saplings, when he would be caught between the
high banka of the gully, and then if he attempted to get back
through the opening, he would push the saplings together.
He would fix two strong poles so that any attempt to push
through would bring them into position. The horse would
thus be in a trap formed of the high banks and the barricade.

They set to work and cut poles alt the evening; but it got
late before they got enough for the barricade, and they had
to go home. Before leaving, however, Jack dragged some of
the poles up, and laid his corn along leading up to the gully

to accustom the horse to the sight of the poles and to going
into the gully among them. They fixed the two poles firmly
at the river crossing from the branch of the tree to the bank,
so that they could get across easily, and then they crossed on
them and came home.
jack was filled with excitement, and had hard work to

keep from telling his mother and aunt about it, but he did
not.
Jake's fear of his mammy’s finding out about the axe kept
him silent.

The next afternoon they went down again, taking more
corn with them, in case the other bait had been eaten. There
were fresh tracks up to the pool, so although they did not
see the horse, they knew he had been there, and they went
to work joyfully and cut more poles. They put them into
position across the ravine, and when it got time to go home