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Show The Muihrat Nine-year-old Joe Is still wonderlnc why his mother and father were both seized with a coughing fit when he gave them this- masterpiece of his own composition to read: The njushrat Is about 3 times ar big as a oranery house rat. he has a plump flgur and round head. He Is brown on his body but no hear on his tule. His house Is round and made of lily-roots and cuttules, La winter If he Is frozen In he eat? the Illy roots of his house. His Habits are good If he lives not near furnis. II he gets a carrot he gose to a elevut place where he can jump of at the first sine of danger. He is used for mushrat cotes. |