Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 19
ng red and hot(when a mongooses eyes grow red, he is angry),and he sat back on his tail and hind legs like alittle kangaroo, and looked all round him, andchattered with rage. But Nag and Nagainahad disappeared into the grass. When a snakemisses its stroke, it never says anything or gives… … WE ARE VERY MISERABLE, SAID DARZEE. house, and sat down to think. It was a seriousmatter for him. If you read the old books ofnatural history, you will find they say that whenthe mongoose fights the snake and happens toget bitten, he runs off and eats some herb thatcures him. That is not true. The…
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