Our woods teem with them both, and around every swamp may be seen the partridge or rabbit walk, beset with twiggy fences and horse-hair snares, which some cow-boy tends.

Usually, in the morning, barefoot, the boy followed the cow into the meadow, disappeared beyond John's view, and did not return until dusk.

Jack is a young boy. He lives with his mother. They live in a small house. The family is poor. Their cow Betsy gives them milk.