The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 149
a grewsilent in the pond; but now from some tree helooks abroad on the landscape and finds an im-pulse to sing again. The peeping is spring-like, but sleepy and still welcome. Why, we are scarcely out of the wood, andhere is a pretty little field-mouse, but he vanishesin the tall grass in a moment.… … ALL SPECIES OF WOOD-MICE ARE NEVER MORE CHEERY THAN IN LATE AUTUMN. THEY REVEL IN SEEDS, GRAIN, AND NUTS. pure-er! Hear them! They have gone now,over the harvest-field, toward the purple hills.But dont you think Nature has heard their call,and will give us the fair skies when thr; bluebirdcomes…
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