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Swamp Cat

Jim Kjelgaard

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as filled with sudden death in many forms. Would pen-raised muskrats be able to survive the unfamiliar perils?

Andy carried his captives into the house, unbuckled the straps that held their pens on his shoulders and eased them gently to the floor. He then separated the crates so that there was space between them. The animals emitted an offensive odor, but this was only because they had been in the tiny boxes so long. They'd cleanse themselves after they had room in which to do it. Unless they are sick, few animals will tolerate uncleanliness.

Andy grimaced. It was less than an alluring prospect to have the muskrats in his house all night, and, other things being equal, they'd be perfectly all right on the porch. But the battle had already started. If they were left outside, a prowling mink might well happen along and put an end to all twelve. It was wiser to endure the odor overnight and keep his charges safe.

Andy slept well, nevertheless. He was up and had breakfasted with the first hint of dawn. Kicking off his slippers, he pulled rubber boots over his trousers. The sun was just rising when, with five crates of muskrats back on the pack board—the sixth he intended to release in the watery slough directly in front of his house—he started out.

His step was light and his heart happy, as it always was when he went into the swamp. It was to Andy what his mountains are to the born mountaineer; his rolling prairie to the confirmed plainsman; his sun-scorched hills and forbidding acres of cactus to the desert lover. The swamp was grim and Andy knew it. But it was also beautiful and he saw its beauty. As no other place could ever be, it was home.

He wended his way around the watery slough. Swamp grasses, each one of which bore myriad seeds as delicate as fairy dust, brushed against him as he walked. Beneath his feet, the earth trembled. There were firm areas in the swamp, rocky places an

Michael 09/16/2022
Always a pleasure to go back and re-read a Jim Kjelgaard book!
Logan 12/13/2017
Great adventure story following a cat and a young man trying to make a living raising muskrats in a swamp while an insidious poacher tries to trap them himself. Nothing particularly special but enjoyable for this genre.
Norm 08/08/2017
I read Jim Kjelgarrd books back in the 1960's while in jr. high. Loved his animal books. This one eluded me apparently the school library didn't have this one. So when I found it on kindle I gladly bought and downloaded it. When I started it and found that the swamp cat wasn't a Cougar, Bob Cat or l
angela watts 11/29/2016
I love his stories. I fell in love with frosty. I would have liked to know what happened at the end. I would gladly recommend this to any young person who enjoys animal stories and like myself believe animals are more human than anyone will admit

I have always loved his stories. I fell in love with

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