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IN NATURE'S WAYS 



the question how the mother mouse enters the nest 

 to tend her young, as no inlet is to be seen. 



Harvest mice make the most amusing pets, far 

 more interesting than the dormouse, which is so given 



Lesser Shrew : "I am the smallest of them all I" 



to sleep. If in a cage they are allowed stalks to climb 

 about on,they give the prettiest acrobatic performances. 

 It is charming to see them sitting up on hind feet, 

 looking about, and how, after lapping water, they 

 gracefully sit up to clean their faces with their paws. 



