Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 68
to notice anything unusual.He dived, frisked, and played beneath the water,then scrambled out on a flat rock, threw off thestone, which he gathered between his front paws,and stretched out to rest. I93-1 THE PLAYFUL OTTER 619 I was sketching in the Washington Zoo, butthis was my first visit to the… … while away a pleasant half-hour in watching theotter play with his yellow stone. Of course everybody at all interested in na-tural history knows that otters are extremelyplayful and intelligent. They make slides forthemselves on a muddy bank, or on one of slopingsnow or ice, and appear to enjoy the…
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