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It was an otter's track, and the snow 

 was too deep for his short legs, so he 

 travelled in a series of plunges, and this 

 had made the queer track. 



A skunk makes something the same 

 track in soft snow, only he is not lively 

 enough even to jump, so his track is a 

 shallow trough ploughed from bush to 

 stump. 



Did you ever notice a partridge track 

 running clear around a low bush ? If 

 you will examine the ends of the twigs 

 that are low down, you will find that the 

 buds have been stripped from them, for 

 the hungry partridge's supper. 



This only happens in exceptional sea- 

 sons, for the partridge prefers to do his 

 budding up in a tree out of the reach of 

 cats and foxes. 



Another country experience that brings 

 the boy near to nature is the maple sugar 



