In the dense forest on the mountain it was as dark as the roof. But the moon came out from behind a cloud, and now sparkled, glittered snowflakes on branches at firs, pines and silvered smooth trunk of an old aspen. At the top of it was a black hole - hollow.
Here the snow soft, noiseless jumps ran to the long dark aspen small mammal. He stopped, sniffed, raised his sharp muzzle. The upper lip is raised, - flashed sharp predatory teeth.
This marten - the killer of small forest animals. And here it is, a little rustling claws already running up the aspen.
At the top of the hollow leaned whiskered round head. A moment later a blue small animal was running for bitch, heaping snow on the go and easily jumped on a nearby branch of pine.
But no matter how easily jumped blue small mammal, branch swung - Marten noticed. She bent in an arc, like a bow, then straightened - and arrow flew at Kacha More branch. Marten raced up the pine - to catch the animal.
There is no one in the forest nimble marten. From it does not go away even protein.
Blue small animal hears a chase, he had no time to look back: we must hurry, hurry to escape. With pine, he jumped on the spruce. Vain small animal cunning, runs along the other side of spruce - Marten jumps on his heels. Small animal ran to the very end of the fir paws, and marten already close - enough teeth! But the small animal had time to jump.
From tree to tree swept blue with small mammal marten, as the two birds among the spreading branches.
Jump blue small mammal, nagnёtsya branch and marten him - not for a moment does not give respite.
And that is not lacking in animal blue forces already weakened legs; Now I jump and could not resist - falls down. No, not fall, I clung to the road for the lower branch - and forward, ahead of the last forces.
A marten running already on top and looking out from the top branches as convenient to jump down and grab.
And for a moment the blue small mammal stopped: Forest broke the abyss. Marten also on the whole stopped galloping over the beast. And suddenly rushed down.
Jump it was accurately calculated. She dropped all four paws on the place where he stayed blue small animal, but he jumped into the air and flew away - slowly, slowly flew through the air over the abyss, like a dream. But it was real, with a bright moon.
It was poletuha, flying squirrel - flying squirrel: between her front and hind legs stretched loose skin that parashyutikom held it in the air.
Marten did not jump after she can not fly, she would have fallen into the abyss.
Flying squirrel turned tail and beautifully rounded flight, went down to the tree on the other side of the abyss.
Marten snapped his teeth with rage and began to descend the tree.
Blue small animal escaped.
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