Identifier: wildanimalsihave00seto (find matches)
Title: Wild animals I have known : and 200 drawings
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Animals Animals
Publisher: New York : Scribner
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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long of wind, and bright ofwit. Of late they had been somewhat troubledby a mink that had wandered up-stream to theirquiet nook. A little judicious guidance hadtransferred the uncomfortable visitor to Oli-fants hen-house. But they were not yet quitesure that he had been properly looked after. Sofor the present they gave up using the ground-holes, which were, of course, dangerous blind-alleys, and stuck closer than ever to the briersand the brush-piles that were left. That first snow had quite gone and theweather was bright and warm until now. Molly,feeling a touch of rheumatism, was somewherein the lower thicket seeking a teaberry tonic.Rag was sitting in the weak sunlight on a bankin the east side. The smoke from the fa-miliar gable chimney of Olifants house camefitfully drifting a pale blue haze through theunderwoods and showing as a dull brownagainst the brightness of the sky. The sun-giltgable was cut off midway by the banks of brier-brush, that purple in shadow shone like rods of
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Raggylugf blazing crimson and gold in the light. Beyondthe house the barn with its gable and roof, newgilt as the house, stood up like a Noahs ark. The sounds that came from it, and yet morethe delicious smell that mingled with the smoke,told Rag that the animals were being fed cab-bage in the yard. Rags mouth watered at theidea of the feast. He blinked and blinked ashe snuffed its odorous promises, for he lovedcabbage dearly. But then he had been to thebarnyard the night before after a few paltryclover-tops, and no wise rabbit would go twonights running to the same place. Therefore he did the wise thing. He movedacross where he could not smell the cabbage andmade his supper of a bundle of hay that hadbeen blown from the stack. Later, when aboutto settle for the night, he was joined by Molly,who had taken her teaberry and then eaten herfrugal meal of sweet birch near the SunningBank. Meanwhile the sun had gone about his busi-ness elsewhere, taking all his gold and glorywith him. Off i

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