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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 96

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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 … THE OPOSSUM READILY TRAVELS ALONG A LIMB OF A TREE, OR CLINGS TO IT BY CURLING THE TAIL AROUND IT. of its tail is like that of a watch-spring. Thiscurling tail clings to a broomstick, a cane, oreven to ones finger, and thus supports the entireweight of the animal. Watch Tail is always interesting,…

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