IV 



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CLIMBING THE ANIMAL TREE 



PLENDID ! " cried Nat and Rap to- 

 gether, as soon as they realized what 

 Dr. Roy said. " When shall we have 

 the stories ? " 



" What is a campfire ? Is it made 

 of logs or coal ? " asked Dodo. 



" Where are you going to have 



the camp? Here in the wonder 



Olive, who was as 



room ? " asked 

 much surprised as her cousins. 



" What are no-footed Americans, fishes ? " persisted 

 Dodo. 



" Fishes have no feet, and yet these no-f(wted beasts 

 are not fishes. The Americans you shall hear about 

 will all be our blood brothers, the INlammals — the 

 higliest branch of tlie animal tree, the one that I 

 said has so many smaller branches that it seems almost 

 like a whole tree by itself." 



"M — mammals; m — milk," said Dodo, proud at 

 not having forgotten. " But, Uncle Roy, we can't 

 see all these INI — mammals outdoors, as we did the 

 birds, and tliere aren't any here in yoiu* Avonder room. 

 HoAv can we tell how they look?" 



" You Avill prol)ably see some of tlie smaller ones 



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