Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 688
ed as a great event in a farmer-boys life. The boy stood under the tree,taunted the animal, and threw stones at it.Thereupon the woodchuck dropped down andattacked John. Mr. Warner vividly describesthe fight, and adds : The boy never forgot it.I remember an aged farmer who frequentlytold the boys… … BOY AND WOODCHUCK IN CONTEST OF KEEPING bTILL. wiser. Why did the woodchuck choose green appleswhen on every hand was the abundance of the harvest,ripe corn, and fields of tempting sweet clover? David MacGregor Cheney (age 17). A few older naturalists have recorded obser-vations of a woodchuck up a…
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