Madison Rabbit in "The Shadow With Sharp Claws"

He suddenly sprang sideways, and even as he did so, sharp claws tore his coat and hurt him dreadfully. He twisted and dodged and jumped and turned this way and that way, and all the time the shadow followed him. Once again sharp claws tore his coat and made him squeal with pain.
At last, when his breath was almost gone, he reached the edge of the Old Pasture and dived under a friendly old bramble-bush.
"Oh," sobbed Ryder, "I forgot all about Hooty the Owl! Besides, I didn't suppose he ever came way up here."