Show LA MR AND MRS MINK JR sometimes said nancy youve told us a story about mr and mrs mink blink and their ways you tell us a story about them tonight daddy all right said daddy tonight it will be your choice which I 1 will follow and tomorrow night nick can say bay what he wants the story to be about 1 I like un an animal story myself said nick so ill like to nights story and also tomorrow nights one which I 1 will pick out III dear me said daddy 1 I fear the poor little fairies are rather deserted in favor of the animals oh no daddy they ti arent rent said nancy only it Is so nice to have all sorts of stories told to us sometimes a bird one sometimes an animae one sometimes a zoo one sometimes a fairy one oe all il kinds then too she added 1 I think it would be only nice to think of all the boys and girls who are our friends and who share our stories with us they all without a doubt like all kinds of stories some will like one kind and some another so every once in a while each ono one would be bound to come a cross across a very special favorite yes said daddy it Is nice to have them of all kinds and then we get to know so many little creatures and so many different ti lings arid we can be so much more friendly when we know creatures so tonight it Is to be a story about mr and mrs airs mink blink and their ways well the mr and mrs mink I 1 told you about a long long time ago arent bothering about each other now when the mr and mrs airs mink mate they are quite food fond of each other for awhile but then the mrs airs minks blinks think about the children and look after them and then they all separate in the autumn the little ones dhove been with mother mink since the spring are considered old enough to look after themselves they are just like their parents end they are U lir VI V k A 0 fond of solitude just as good at swimming and going in the water as th thy ty are of living on the land in fact called amphibious which Is a very very cry big word people often use when speaking of certain animals the mink family among them gracious said nancy a big one im sure neither of us understand it said nick no said daddy 1 I dont believe you do but as it Is a word that is used often about some animals I 1 think it would be a nice word for us to know and so I 1 will tell you what it means and perhaps it Is such a bag word mord you will do it the great lionor honor to remember its meaning amphibious means living on land and and in water so when we say the otter f family amily and the mink family have amphibious habits ve mean that they can live on land and in the water well the mink family is rather well separated now chev are hunting and wandering about on their little short legs trying to avoid being caught tor for they think it Is an all lionor honor that their fur should be considered so beautiful by people but they just as soon miss being the ones especially to whom the honor is s given and there is a hole in a bank which belonged to a muskrat which Is made of grass and soft fea feathers abers and hair which Is going to be taken by mr and mrs mink blink jr in the th springtime and there a good deal later on in april or in may somewhere from tour four to twelve little babies will come who will stay with mrs mink alin k jr until they in turn are strong in ili the autumn and can quite look after themselves so while all hunting I 1 nil all going after chipmunks and squirrels and everything else they can find at this time of the year and while traveling about mostly at night though sometimes in the daytime before long will come the tima when they will travel in i n pairs but mr and mrs airs mink and mr air and mrs mink blink jr will be quite willing to go about without each other after they have grown used to each other for a while Nl ille for not tile faithful mates the beavers are for example still if happy lead ing a lonely life for the greater ran part of tile year I 1 suppose they know best along the waterside they vat uit snakes and sal amanders and mussels and they carry scent sacs when they are older ahlich hold a most i able scent but jut til eyre tho neater part of the yeav mr wid mrs mra minh and ami mr unil and mi all alik ji ii |