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gether like the prairie dogs, but, where food is plenty, 
many nests will often be found closely adjacent. They 
are sociable little folk, and no doubt enjoy visiting and 
gossiping with one another. The little paths are their 
LEAVING HOME, 
roadways from one burrow to another, and from the place 
where the tenderest grasses grow to their storehouses. 
These tiny roads are formed by gnawing clean away the 
grass stubble, and treading the earth down smooth; while 
