Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 536
a branch which had decayed atthe end where part had been broken off. Thisbird, too, is satisfied with perfectly bare wallsand floor, though the floor consists of small chipsleft by the decaying wood or by some wood-pecker. A wild bees home, as we all know, serves thepurpose of a storehouse as well… … A TKEE-FKOG.Any decaying hole like this is home, sweet home, to him. racoons deep hollow — described in former num-bers of St. Nicholas. One of the strangest of all hollow-tree peopleis the tree-frog. How he does manage to hidefrom prying eyes ! His retreat is almost as hard
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