Raggylug

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'''Raggylug''', subtitled '''''The Story of a Cottontail Rabbit''''', is a short story by [[Ernest Thompson Seton]], from his first collection, ''[[Wild Animals I Have Known]]'' (1898). It was reprinted the following year in ''[[Lobo, Rag, and Vixen]]''.

== Premise ==

The title character is three weeks old at the beginning of the story, and a grown [[rabbit]] with a family of his own at the end. His name "was given him from his torn and ragged ear, a life-mark that he got in his first adventure." The author writes that "though in telling this story I freely translate from rabbit into English, ''I repeat nothing that they did not say.''"
Important Quotes:
"The mother's love was strong in her. The cry of her baby had filled her with the courage of a hero."
"Molly was a good little mother and gave him a careful bringing up."
"Day by day she worked to train him; little by little she taught him..."
"He was taught the signs by which to know all his foes and then the way to baffle them."
"Like all youngsters, Rag was curious."
"a big strong buck now and fears no rivals. He has a large family of his own."
"Men and dogs are hunting me."
"The rabbit's education had begun."
"No wild animal dies of old age. Its life has soon or late a tragic end."
"The Cottontails had enemies on every side."
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[[Category:Short stories]]
[[Category:Rabbit characters]]
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1890s short stories]]

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