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Three rabbits came down , and a few minutes later Sam brought another one low . `` Four for a starter are not so bad , '' remarked Tom , as the game was placed in their bags . `` Even if we do n't get any more we wo n't have to go home empty-handed . '' By noon they had made their way directly through the woods and had eleven rabbits and three squirrels to their credit . Then Tom suggested they build a campfire and rest while eating their lunch and this was done . `` I wish we could bring down a fox or two , '' said Jack Ness . `` They have been bothering the chickens again lately -- carried off two only night before last . ''