A Turn-Coat of the Woods 



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the loose loam of the woods or garden as they 

 well can, where their eyes close in a drowsiness 

 which so fills their whole bodies that life practi- 

 cally stops until the sun of spring revives it. 

 Others work their way into the dusty decay of 

 hollow trees and rotten stumps, where they also 

 rest secure from storm and trouble, unless some 

 hungry mink or skunk may dig them out. 



These frogs form interesting pets in a fern- 

 ery, where they will sometimes become so tame 

 that they may be let out and trusted to come 

 back ; and they pay for their care by devouring 

 many minute, but noxious, insects. 



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