breathing-holes open. The ice-maker never 

 finds their inner stair ; its secret door opens 

 into deep, under-water paths, which run all 

 over the bottom of the unfrozen pond- world. 



" The snow has drifted over their house till only 

 a tiny mound appears." 



Unless roused by the sharp thrust of a spear, 

 the muskrats will sleep till nightfall. You 

 may skate around the lodge and even sit down 

 upon it without waking the sleepers ; but plunge 

 your polo-stick through the top, and you will 

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