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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 474

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cocoon (thatof the polyphe-mus), whichwas spun be-tween twoleaves, a beau-tiful moth of adull yellowishocher, shadedwith black, tingedred, and ornamentedby eye-spots. The in the cocoonsand can thus sur-vive the coldand storms ofwinter. Do youI wonder thatGibson was in-spired with agreater love of… … THE CHICKAREE OR RED SQUIRREL. CHICKAREE. Of all the little wild creatures none is quiteso easy to make friends with as the red squirrel.How he pops forth, as you enter the woods,and greets youwith a chal-lenging bark,for all theworld like anexcitable littledog! And, likethe little dog,too, his…

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