A Kitten at School 



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THE "back yard" of a metropolitan 

 house does not afford much material for 

 natural history study, except, perhaps, 

 to the insect hunter; but I have been amused 

 and interested in watching the education and 

 recreation of a kitten which is going on in 

 my neighbor's little area. 



It has all been seen before, no doubt, a thou- 

 sand times; but it struck me that not many 

 young animals had so much fun mixed up with 

 their schooling as a kitten gets. Its school is, 

 in fact, a sort of kindergarten. This old cat 

 plays with her kitten in the most patient way, 

 when, I have no doubt, she'd much rather be 

 quietly asleep on the warm flagstone by the 

 kitchen window. 



Now few animals do that. The youngsters 

 of all sorts frolic by themselves. I have seen 

 a family of four wolf-pups rollicking at the 

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