CHAPTER VII 

_Old Granny Fox Tries a New Plan_ 

Old Granny Fox kept thinking about Danny Meadow Mouse. She knew that he was fat, and it made her mouth water every time she thought of him. She made up her mind that she must and would have him. She knew that Danny had been very, very much frightened when she and Reddy Fox had tried so hard to catch him by plunging down through the snow into his little tunnels after him, and she felt pretty sure that he wouldn't go far away from the old fence-post, in the hollow of which he was snug and safe. 

Old Granny Fox is very smart. "Danny Meadow Mouse won't put his nose out of that old fence-post for a day or two. Then he'll get tired of staying inside all the time, and he'll peep out of one of his little round doorways to see if the way is clear. If he doesn't see any danger, he'll come out and run around on top of the snow to get some of the seeds in the tops of the tall grasses that stick out through the snow. If nothing frightens him, he'll keep going, a little farther and a little farther from that old fence-post. I must see to it that Danny Meadow Mouse isn't frightened for a few days." So said old Granny Fox to herself, as she lay under a hemlock tree, studying how she could best get the next meal. 

Then she called Reddy Fox to her and forbade him to go down on the meadows until she should tell him he might. Reddy grumbled and mumbled and didn't see why he shouldn't go where he pleased, but he didn't dare disobey. You see he had a sore foot. He had hurt it on a wire barb when he was plunging through the snow after Danny Meadow Mouse, and now he had to run on three legs. That meant that he must depend upon Granny Fox to help him get enough to eat. So Reddy didn't dare to disobey.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is Granny?
2. What can Granny be described as?
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Q2:
1. What is Danny?
2. What sort of animal is Danny?
3. 
Q3:
1. What happened when Granny Fox thought about Danny?
2. What would Granny Fox do when she reflected upon Danny?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Granny Fox decide to do?
2. What did Granny Fox resolve to do?
3. 
Q5:
1. Had Granny Fox tried to take Danny before?
2. Had Granny Fox made previous attempts to kidnap Danny?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who had Granny Fox tried to catch Danny with?
2. Granny Fox had already tried snatching up Danny with the help of whom?
3. 
Q7:
1. How had Granny and Reddy Fox tried catching Danny before?
2. What had Granny and Reddy Fox tried in the past to snatch up Danny?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did Granny and Reddy Fox plunge into?
2. What did Granny Fox dive into with Reddy Fox?
3. 
Q9:
1. Who was the creator of the tunnels?
2. Who had the underground passageways been dug by?
3. 
Q10:
1. What did Granny Fox presume Danny would be close to?
2. What did Granny Fox figure that Danny would hang out nearby?
3. 
