fields, when the little brown things were com- 

 pletely snowed under. 



There is great individuality among all animals, 

 and though the rabbits look as much alike as 

 peas, they are no exception to the rule. This 

 personality is especially shown in their whimsical 

 fancies for certain squats. Here, within sight of 

 the house and the dog, an old rabbit took up her 

 abode on a big, flat rail in the corner of the 

 fence. Of course no hawk or owl could touch 

 her here, for they dared not swoop between 

 the rails ; the dog and cat could scent her, 

 but she had already whipped the cat, and 

 she had given Calamity so many long runs 

 that the hound was weary of her. The strate- 

 gic value of such a situation is plain : she was 

 thus raised just above the level of the field and 

 commanded every approach. Perhaps it was not 

 whim, but wisdom, that led to this selection. 



I knew another, a dwarf rabbit, that always 

 got into a bare or plowed field and squatted be- 

 side a brown stone or clod of earth. Experience 

 had taught him that he looked like a clod, and 

 that no enemy ever plagued him when he lay 

 low in the brown soil. 



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" The squat is a cold place. 



