The mystery of the missing eyebrows

How it begins

Renfro Horn was quite sure that Captain Pete would never have spoken had he not dropped the rabbit. But the sound of its frozen body striking the hard crust on the top of the snow made the old man turn around to discover the reason for the sound. And at the same time he saw the rabbit he saw Renfro. “Oh,” he snarled, “Spyin’ on me ag’in—sneakin’ on an old man’s own grounds.” The jerking of his shoulders broke the string which held the other rabbits to his shoulder. A rattle like falling twigs. They were all on the top of the snow. With a rush the old man was down on all fours trying to roll them together. Renfro stepped up to help him. And then he saw the three quails and stopped.