58 FRIENDS WORTH KNOWING. 
THE HOUSE-MOUSE, 
bright eyes glance at us from behind the cheese-box, and 
who whisk away down some unthought-of hole, learned 
their naughty tricks from their many out-door cousins, 
whom we may forgive on the plea of their not knowing 
any better. Suppose I tell you about some of these same 
cousins who live in the woods and fields of the Northern 
half of the United States ? 
