THINGS TO SEE THIS SUMMER 



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You should see it rain down little toads this sum- 

 mer if you can ! There are persons who claim to 

 have seen it. But I never have. I have stood on 

 Maurice River Bridge, however, and apparently had 

 them pelting down upon my feet as the big drops of 

 the July shower struck the planks myriads of tiny 

 toads covering the bridge across the river ! Did they 

 rain down? No, they had been hiding in the dirt 

 between the planks and hopped out to meet the sweet 

 rain and to soak their little thirsty skins full. 



XI 



You should see a cowbird's young in a vireo's nest 

 and the efforts of the poor deceived parents to sat- 

 isfy its insatiable ap- 

 petite at the expense 

 of their own young 

 ones' lives ! Such 

 sight will set you to 

 thinking. 



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I shall not tell you 

 what else you should see, for the whole book could 

 be filled with this one chapter, and then you might 

 lose your forest in your trees. The individual tree 

 is good to look at the mighty wide-limbed hem- 



