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it grieved greatly for its mother. The evening after 

 we put it back it had a hard spasm. Fearing that 

 the room was too warm and sunny, we sent all 

 to the basement in another building. Here they 

 were given much freedom and throve well. This 

 was near the end of the term. The children had 

 watched closely and noted with greatest interest 

 all the changes here recorded, and they loved the 

 little squirrels and Fanny very much. They re- 

 lated to the teacher in their nature study class 

 what they had observed. If any difference of 

 opinion existed, it was settled by closer observation. 



VIII 

 OUR MOUSE, JIM 



The following are some observations made, in the 

 schoolroom, of our mouse, Jim. 



Jim was not a handsome mouse. He was gray, 

 with the under parts somewhat lighter. Our jani- 

 tor caught him for us in a trap one of the kind 

 that preserves the specimen alive and unmuti- 

 lated. Before he arrived we had made ready for 

 him a cage. It was made of woven wire, and was 

 about a foot square. It had a wooden bottom, 



