Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 559
ewinter, we shall find what appearsto be a football covered with fur.Let us take him in by the warmfire in the farm-house, and soonhe will wake up, but in such adrowsy way as not to be fright-ened. Before long he will roll upand go to sleep again. He is thesoundest of the winter sleepers.The gray… … THE WOODCHUCK CURLED UP IN HIS UNDERGROUND NEST FOR A WINTER S SLEEP.546 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 547 go but a little way from the hole, and keep asharp watch to see if any one is coming.Sometimes the farmers boys dig out the wholefamily of woodchucks in the spring. JohnBurroughs tells…
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