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of the Rabbit's gentle expression than the cruel, greedy 

 look of a rat. II is o-nawino- liabits do not seem to cfet 

 him into very deep disgrace with the farmers ; it is his 

 ambition that leads him into trouble. He wishes to be 

 an architect, bric-a-brac collector, and pedler all in one. 

 If he and his wife make tlieir home in an outbuildiup' or 

 attic you will think the house full of evil spirits. Tliis 



Wood or Pack Rat. 



Rat comes, sees, takes, hides, and sometimes returns, 

 articles with lightning rapidity. What for, no Wise 

 Man that I know is able to tell. Do the Rats decide to 

 make a nest under a bush, immediately they set to work 

 to stack u]) a heap of out-door rubbish as high as a ^lusk- 

 rat's lodge ; paper, shavings, corncobs, clothes pins, old 

 straps and buckles from the stable, ends of ro[)e, news- 

 papers, a kid glove, all having been found stored away 



