Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 96
here Ithink that popular opinion is wrong. Space is toolimited for details, but instead of feigning death,the animal seems to swoon with terror. It isincomprehensible that so small and defenselessa creature should deliberately place itself in thepower of the enemy, but we can understand howit might… … THE CONNECTICUT iIN A )POSSUM IN ACROTCH OF A FAVORITE ATTITUDETREE. but prefers meat of almost any kind. It spendsmost of its time under a box, in a darkness simi-lar to that of its native home, in a wall, or underthe roots of a tree in the woods. Its name is Watch Tail, because the curling
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