Hedgerow Life 
hedges and bushes. The hedgerow to 
many small creatures is really like a 
forest to larger ones; in it they can 
hide, and live in their own way, and 
obtain food, without exposing themselves 
to danger. 
But if you want to see and understand 
all the varied sort of life which is going 
on in the hedgerow, you must look for 
it carefully. Half a dozen boys and 
girls racing along a road after one 
another, and shouting at the top of their 
voices, will see nothing. For one thing, 
they are so occupied with their games, 
and talking to one another, and larking 
about, that they have eyes for nothing 
else; and for another reason, the noise 
has given warning to all the roadside 
creatures to fly away and run into their 
holes and hiding-places until all the 
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