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I think mice are the cleverest little people in snowy 

 times ; they know that they can easily be seen by 

 owls, so they form tunnels in the snow from one spot 



HARE AND RABBIT. ^P 



SQUIRREL 



OLD RAT. YOUNG RAT. WATER RAT OR VOLE 



a * 



MOUSE. PARTRIDGE. MOLE. 



PHEASANT. WATER HEN 



FOX. 



FOOTPRINTS IN SNOW. 



to another, so that they may go to and fro in safety ; 

 their fore and hind feet make parallel marks as 

 they leap along. 



