A Pet Reader

Chapter 96: The Little Foxes

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

The Little Foxes

Among my tender vines I spy

A little fox named “By-and-by.”

Then set upon him quick, I say,

The swift young hunter “Right-away.”

Around each tender vine I plant,

I find the little fox “I can’t.”

Then, fast as ever hunter ran,

Chase him with bold and brave “I can.”