DECEIVING WILD CREATURES 



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grass brown on one side and living field green on 

 the other, and, chameleon-like, I change my 

 colour according to surroundings. 



Feeling convinced that the human face is 

 almost as awe-inspiring and distasteful when in 

 close proximity to a wild bird as that of a cat, I 

 made a wooden mask for myself one day out of 

 a hollow ash stub, selected and cut for me by an 

 old woodman. I chiselled a great deal of the 

 interior away, so as to lighten the burden on my 

 shoulders and make plenty of head room, and 

 then cut a pair of eyeholes in it. 



AUTHOR WITH WOODEN 

 MASK OFF, 



