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haps is the first time man and their traps have ever 

 been near one of his tribe. He takes the meat and is 

 caught, but succeeds in getting free again. Some ani- 

 mals are so clever that once having been caught, or 

 having seen a brother beast caught, they set to work to 

 think out a way of cutting the string and getting the 

 meat without being caught in the trap. This shows 

 reason and intelligence, does it not? " 



^' Why, of course it does. Please, what fourfoots 

 are clever enough for that except Foxes? They are 

 smarter than some people," said Rap. 



"You will learn of these clever ones branch by 

 branch and twig by twig. I am only trying to tell 

 you how to start up the tree to-night. One thing more 

 about intelligence,"' said the Doctor. " You all of you 

 have dreamed sometimes ; can you tell of Avhat dreams 

 are made ? " 



No one was in a hurry to answer, and Olive said : 

 "They are a jumble of something that has happened 

 and lots of things that never have, but that seem quite 

 real." 



" Yes, that is a good answer ; for dreams are a blend- 

 ing of memory — the remembrance of something that 

 has happened — and imagination, Avhich is creating 

 something.'' 



"Making it up, do you mean?" asked Dodo. 



"Yes, making up — inventing; so any one who 

 dreams must have more or less intelligence, and many 

 Mammals dream." 



" I knoiv they do ! " exclaimed Nat. " Mr. Wolf 

 dreams and growls away like everything, and the other 

 night Quick was sleeping b}^ my bed and he gave a lot 



