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TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

My uncle caught two young gray squirrels in the woods, and brought
them home in a cage. We gave them walnuts and chestnuts, but they
were so cross they bit each other's tails, which when they were
little looked more like rats' tails than squirrels'. When we let
them out of the cage, they soon learned to go into my uncle's
pockets after nuts. Then they would sit on his head or shoulder
and eat them. When we gave them more than they could eat, they
would hide them on the ground, and cover them with leaves and dry
grass. They did it so neatly that even when we saw where they put
them, we would have to hunt a long time to find them. When it came
warm weather, they went back to the woods. What do squirrels live
on in summer before the nuts are ripe?

ANGIE B. BALDWIN.

Squirrels eat all kinds of berries, the tender twigs and bark of certain
trees, and grain. Corn fields are feasting grounds for them, as the
fresh tender stalks are as delicious food as the fully formed kernels.

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CLARKSVILLE, NEBRASKA.

I want to tell you about a ride I had the other day with papa and
mamma. We drove out about four miles from here, to a prairie-dog
town, where we saw hundreds of these little animals playing about
in the sunshine. The prairie-dogs are very curious little
creatures. They dig their holes, throwing out the earth so as to
make quite a mound. They look very cunning from a distance,
standing on their hind-legs. Some were near their holes, ready to
jump in as soon as we drove near. Others, which were a good way
off from their homes, scampered back as fast as they could. Their
town covered about a section of land, so you can see they have
quite a large city.

PAUL BEARDSLEY.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Last spring we had a pretty pair of canaries, and we raised five
little birds. They were dear little things, and before we gave any
of them away it was great fun to watch them play together. One was
very light yellow, nearly white, another was dark yellow, two were
spotted with green, and one was all very dark green. The green one
was the prettiest of all, but it always fought for the best place
in the cage, and pecked at all the others; but if they fough