STALKING THE WILD GRAPE 



fuzzy and well-developed caterpillar. 

 Rabbit, dog, and bird have it as well; 

 indeed, it seems to be the one word 

 which is common to all races and to all 

 articulate creatures. Like the scent of 

 brakes it began with the beginning of 

 things and has survived all the changes 

 of creation. 



The muskrat ferry is a pleasant one. 

 Little dancing sprites of mist, the height 

 of your head above water, tiptoe off 

 the surface and slip away as you swim 

 toward them. You may see these only 

 of a morning when you take the musk- 

 rat ferry. They are invisible from the 

 shore or from the height of a canoe 

 seat. 



It is probable that just as some of 

 the pasture people make sounds too 

 shrill or too soft for our human ears to 

 hear them, so there are other things 



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