AN OLD BARRED OWL 



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livelong night, and the rabbits play in the moonlight and 

 gnaw the farmers ' fruit trees with impunity, for the call of 

 the great horned owl over in the big pine woods across the 

 fields is never answered from the silent bottom lands. The 

 old swamp owl is gone. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



Which has stronger toes and sharper claws, an owl or a turkey? Can 

 an owl run on the ground? When do you hear owls call in the woods? 

 Do you think owls do more good than they do harm ? Do barred owls have 

 ear tuffs of feathers which are called "horns" ? Would you have killed the 

 Old Swamp Owl? 



