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NEZ LONG'S MENAGERIE 



NING SO many animals about 

 le camp makes a great many 

 dnds of queer smells/' ^Yhis- 

 [)ei-e(l Nat to Rap, as they sat 

 down to their supper of oat- 

 meal porridge and coffee, Avliile 

 Toinette was busy frying 

 sometliing in a dee}) pan, which 

 needed a great deal of turning. 

 ''The smell belongs mostly to 

 Skunks, for 1 noticed that Toinette's brother had four 

 or five among tlie other fur l)easts lie took over to Avhat 

 Nez calls his 'Menagerie,' in the shed, and all those 

 other animals have smells of their own beside. I won- 

 der what Toinette is cooking ? it looks something like 

 chicken, but it isn't quite the right shape." 



" Mayl)e it is frogs' legs ; we used to have them often 

 when we lived in the city." 



Nez soon settled the (juestion l)y calling, " Whoever 

 wants squirrel-leg fry, hand up his disli and get it 

 right from the pan," an invitation tliat was acce[)ted at 

 once. 



" What l^ecomes of the rest of the Squirrel ? " asked 

 Rap, ''is it any good ? " 



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