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Kesik looked up sadly as the squirrel flashed him a toothy grin. He gave a small little whimper, the squirrel was mean. He stood on his back legs, front curled close to his chest. "We foxes must eat too, Squirrel. If we foxes didn't eat the mice, the whole world would be covered with them! They would eventually eat all the things that mice eat, and then they would all starve and die. So you see, if we didn't keep the population in check they would all die!" He dropped back to his feet, quite proud of his logic.