1 62 WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS 



digging I found the chipmunks in a sleep so 

 heavy that I could not awaken them, and I be- 

 lieve they spend much of the eight months 

 underground sleeping. Digging also revealed 

 that they had eaten but little of their stored 

 supplies. 



When food becomes scarce and the weather 

 cold and snowy, a number of animals hole 

 up go into a den. By hibernating, sleeping 

 away the weeks the earth is barren and white, 

 they triumph over the ways of winter. Bears 

 and ground-hogs are famous hibernators. Many 

 chipmunks and some species of squirrels hiber- 

 nate for indefinite periods. 



The Bat and the Bear, they never care 



What winter winds may blow; 

 The Jumping-mouse in his cozy house 



Is safe from ice and snow. 



The Chipmunk and the Woodchuck, 



The Skunk, who's slow but sure, 

 The ringed Raccoon, who hates the moon, 



Have found for cold the cure. 



SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR., in Everyday Adventures. 



Animals which hibernate, fast and sleep 

 through much or all of the winter, are not 

 harmed and possibly are benefitted by the fast- 

 ing and sleeping. Bears and ground-hogs are 



