| Show J sy MARY GRAHAM BONNE BOMMER i IN bvm woodchucks among the animals who go 90 to sleep all winter lire are the frogs toads turtles snakes bears woodchucks and it 11 good many others but the ones who thought they had find the best sleep of nil all when they awoke this spring ivere the little prairie dug dogo they always go to sleep bleed even if in the zoo find and they dig their holes in the ground where they burrow down when the weather becomes chilly mr woodchuck la Is like us as said peter prairie dog barking his funny little bark of course he be Is our cousin mr woodchuck Wood chuek 1 Is like us to in tile the way he sleeps lie ile will not budge all winter lung long nor show any sign 0 of life when lie he Is ele sleeping the firmer sTi iier always knows knows ellal silting has come when the oo debuck appears ile he goes into one of his holes and shuts off the oilier two chich tie he has in the summer time tor for tie he lias has quite a fine house has mr woodchuck but if he should be disturbed by anyone in the cold weather he will their holes in the gro ground nd altay rolled up in a ball and will III not open his eyes now find and again he be will villi grunt all now we sleep to in much the same way cut but we are different sir mr Woodell woodchuck Is very sorrowful which means the same as sad ue lie gets the blues and becomes grumpy and unhappy and we are always alays pleasant often when they think we are barking ie e are really laughing for we laugh with our tails its fine to be able to laugh forwards wards find and backwards backward sl we like a great deal of the same food as air woodchuck does roots and vegetables but oh ob carrots are the favorite dish of the prairie dogs we never dever make pets though were pleasant and cheerful its just that thai were not fond of becoming tame and mr woodchuck Is like us in that respect too buts but to think of ever being unhappy in this beautiful spring and summer world tor for as ao long as we sleep lu iu the winter we have no worry at all c and add the prairie dogs barked happily as they ran to join their brothers and cousins after having heard peters talk |
