The Opossum 69 
where they are nourished and kept for about six weeks. 
After this they venture out and climb about over the 
body of the parent, clinging to her fur. Sometimes 
A CHICKEN-HOUSE THIEF 
the mother arches her tail over her back, very much 
after the fashion of a squirrel, and the little ones 
cling to it by their prehensile tails, heads down, and 
