Hedgerow Life 
a pair of flashing, fierce, and hungry 
eyes, and they are caught in the grip of 
the owl’s sharp claws, which quickly 
crush the life out of them as they are 
borne swiftly and silently to the old 
hollow tree, where the owlet family are 
hungrily awaiting their supper. Such 
a hissing and a snapping of beaks there 
is when the owl is seen at the front 
door with food, and the unfortunate 
little beast is soon disposed of. Pro- 
bably it is swallowed whole by the 
hungriest and the strongest of the young 
ones, with frantic gulps, and for some 
time afterwards the mouse’s long tail is 
left hanging out of the corner of the 
owlet’s beak, as if it were smoking a long 
pipe. You ‘see, there isn't roomieres 
such a long mouthful all at once. The 
tail will be slowly and gradually stowed 
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