BOBBING FOR EELS 



might say, hauls them, stretching and re- 

 sisting, forth from their homes and swal- 

 lows them. 



Thus with the unrighteous, but even the 

 upright, or rather the downright, who are 

 that, snugly ensconced as they intended to 

 be, he is apt to see and seize, for the 

 robin's eye is good and his bill is long 

 enough. Angleworms, after the joys or 

 labors of the night are over, withdraw 

 into their holes, but often not very far. 

 They like to lie with the head drawn back 

 just out of sight, near enough to the sur- 

 face to bask in the warmth of the sun. 



Some line the outer ends of their bur- 

 rows' with leaves to keep them from the 

 damp of the earth, thus further to enjoy 

 themselves. Some, too, on retiring, draw 

 leaves and sticks in, thus going into their 

 holes and pulling the holes in after them, 



as the saying goes. Some merely pile 

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