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SUMMER 



of play, so there are old animals that never 

 too fat nor too stiff nor too stupid to play. 



The condition of 

 the body has a great 

 deal to do with the 

 state of the spirit. J 

 The sleek, lithe otter 

 could not possibly 

 grow fat. He keeps in 

 trim because he cannot 

 help it, perhaps, but however 

 that may be, he is a very boy 

 for play, and even goes so 

 himself a slide or chute 

 diving down it into the 

 in one of the maga- 





otter in the New York 

 that swam and 

 stone balanced on 



Building a 

 children used to 

 made for us 

 slanting cellar- 



; 



far as to build 

 for the fun of ^ 

 water. A writer xap 



& ' '3E?/--* 



zines tells of an 

 Zoological Park 

 dived with a round 

 his head, 

 slide is more than we 

 do, for we had ready- 

 grandfather's two big 

 doors, down which we slid 

 and slid and slid till the 

 wood was scoured 

 white and slippery 

 with the sliding. The 

 otter loves to slide. 

 Up he climbs on the 



