BILLY AND HANS 



that the poor little creatures, when 

 famished, will eat the young twigs of 

 trees ; but in my opinion the accusa- 

 tion is that of the wolf who wants an 

 excuse to eat the lamb. Hans and 

 Billy were both fond of roses and 

 lettuce ; but nothing else in the way 

 of vegetation other than nuts and a 

 very little fruit would they eat. 



The evolutionists tell us that we 

 are descended from some common 

 ancestor of the monkey and the man. 

 It may be so; and if, as has been 

 conjectured by one scientist, that 

 ancestor was the lemur, which is the 

 link between the monkey and the 

 squirrel, I should not object; but 

 I hope that we branched off at the 

 Sciurus, for I would willingly be the 

 near cousin of my little pets. 



But before leaving Rome for my 

 summer vacation at Laufenburg, the 



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