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flip them out with their paws and scramble 

 after them. From this fishing they turn to 

 \ us \i water-grass, or to digging frogs and 

 turtles out of the mud . and the turtle's shell 

 is cracked by dropping a stone upon it. Now 

 they steal into the coop and scuttle away with 

 a chicken ; and after eating it they come back 

 to the garden to crack a pumpkin open and 

 make a dessert of the seeds. Now they see 

 a muskrat swimming by in the pond with a 

 mussel in his mouth, and they follow after 

 him along the bank; for Musquash has a 

 curious habit of eating in regular places 

 a flat rock, a stranded log, a certain tussock 

 from which he has cut away the grass 

 and will often gather half a dozen or more 

 clams and mussels before he sits down to 

 dine. Mooweesuk watches till he finds the 

 place; then, while Musquash is gone away 

 after more clams, he will run off 

 with all that he finds on the 

 dining table. A score of times, 

 on the ponds and streams, I 

 have read the record of this 

 little comedy. You can always 



