- Whitefoot.
Whitefoot didn't wait to be told twice of that empty house.
He thanked Timmy and then scampered over to that stub as fast as his
legs would take him. Up the stub he climbed, and near the top he
found a little round hole. Timmy had said no one was living there now,
and so Whitefoot didn't hesitate to pop inside.
There was even a bed in there. It was an old bed, but it was dry
and soft. It was quite clear that no one had been in there for a
long time. With a little sigh of pure happiness, Whitefoot curled
up in that bed for the sleep he so much needed. His stomach was
full, and once more he felt safe. The very fact that this was an
old house in which no one had lived for a long time made it safer.
Whitefoot knew that those who lived in that part of the Green Forest
probably knew that no one lived in that old stub, and so no one was
likely to visit it.
He was so tired that he slept all night. Whitefoot is one of those
who sleeps when he feels sleepy, whether it be by day or night.
He prefers the night to be out and about in, because he feels safer
then, but he often comes out by day.
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