vi Introduction 



But in these latter days prophets among 

 the white race have risen up to awaken 

 again within man the desire for brother- 

 hood with the humbler creations of God. 

 Thoreau, John Burroughs, John Muir, 

 Ernest Thompson Seton, W. y. Long, 

 Elizabeth Grinnell, and many others, are 

 showing us our kinship to the birds, buds, 

 bees, blossoms, and beasts. It is with the 

 two thoughts before me of the common 

 speech and understanding existent between 

 the animals and man, and of the kinship 

 that affection shows us does really exist, 

 that I have written the " Story of Scrag- 

 gles " from her viewpoint, with the con- 

 fident anticipation that young and old 

 alike will enjoy this truthful record of a 

 sweet and beautiful little life. 



While, of course, the thoughts put into 

 Scraggiest words are mine, the statements 



