THE WHITE -FOOTED MOUSE 



newspapers or in a box which I supply. If 

 she has a family when I move, it does not 

 prevent her from following me. She makes 

 ready a nest, and then takes her family to the 

 new quarters. 



For keen intelligence mouse number two 

 takes the lead. All through the summer 

 months she makes a nest on a high shelf in 

 the cabin. When there is a fire in the stove 

 the heat becomes oppressive in the top of the 

 cabin, and the young mice would perish if 

 it were not for the intelligence of the old 

 mouse. 



When I fill the stove with wood the old 

 mouse understands just what will take place. 

 She knows that I am about to kindle a fire, 

 and she rushes to a shelf near the stove and 

 frantically drums the danger-signal. She 

 also does a lot of drumming which I do not 

 understand. She tries to tell me in her dumb 

 language that a fire will destroy her little 

 family. When the mouse finds that I do not 

 heed her appeal, she knows that her family 

 will be destroyed, and can be saved only by 

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