The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 170
are covered with horn, so that I can grindthe seaweed. The natives use our shells forboats, for childrens baths, and for roofing theirhuts. They catch us while we are sleeping, byturning us over on our backs; we are helplessthen. We live to be very old, and we are very goodto eat, said the… … 359 360 LISTENING TO BEASTS AND BIRDS But a Turtle is not a Tortoise! said theTortoise. We are both reptiles, that is to say, we creep;and our blood is cold. So saying, the Turtlepopped its head back into its shell, and they bothwent to sleep. SNAKES Who is not afraid of me? hissed the Snakefrom…
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