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Fifth Rabbit: 



"Do you know we always have a guard, 

 A sentinel to peer, 

 Who thumps the ground so very hard. 

 That all of us can hear. 

 If an enemy comes near." 



Sixth Rabbit : 



"We flee through briar and thorn. 

 In run-ways none can follow, 

 My home is in a cosy form » 



Down in the grassy hollow. 

 Where all the weeds run fallow." 



Mamma Rabbit: 



"And there I make the nest 



For my bunnies blind and wee. 

 I pluck the soft fur from my breast 

 To cover them when it is best 

 That I should elsewhere be. 



{When the rabbits stop reciting, the Sheep, Rabbits, Squirrel, 



Frog and Indian boy all join hands and recite together this verse 



from "Wind and Weather'' by L. H. Bailey.) 



"Weather and wind and waning moon, 



Plain and hilltop under the sky, 



Ev'ning, morning and blazing noon. 



Brother of all the world am I." 



News Notes from Rhode Island 



The Park Museum of Providence is another Hve wire in the 

 nature-study circuit. Sunday afternoon lectures by specialists on 

 many interesting scientific subjects were a part of the Musetnn 

 program. On Saturday mornings at 10:30 Miss Eva W. Magoon, 

 Assistant Curator, gives half hour talks to children. Her topics 

 are interesting and pique curiosity, such as Who's Who Among 

 the Stars." "How Birds are Named," "Nature's Alphabet," 

 "Nature's Hiding Places." 



The Park Museimi Bulletin for Januar}^ lists the lectures given 

 in the Museum and outside of it, field trips, loan material, Audubon 

 library, and gives a very interesting graphic table showing the 

 number of questions answered by the Museimi during each month 

 for the past four years. The increasing use of the museum in this 

 department is most gratifying. 



The Audubon Society of Rhode Island had a Christmas Bird 

 Census meeting. 



