_:b6352881 . _:b6352885 "It was earliest morning, when even small trees cast long shadows and scarlet foxes trot denward through the dew like flecks of fire."@en . _:b6352882 . _:b6352883 . _:b6352885 "1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, \u2192ISBN, \u2192OCLC, page 164:"@en . "1" . . _:b6352884 . _:b6352885 . _:b6352884 "They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?\u2014and so magnificent a brush as he had too."@en . _:b6352881 "A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail."@en . _:b6352884 "1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], \u201CThe First Gun\u201D, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co.,\u00A0[\u2026], \u2192OCLC, page 1:"@en . _:b6352882 "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."@en . _:b6352883 "15th century, The Fox, verse 1:"@en . _:b6352883 "The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o."@en .