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THE WISE WOODCHUCK 



1 Vm#)\ ^ ^ ^^ beasts that roamed the woods in 

 ^^^T^ their primeval state, 

 The Woodchuck only holds his own and keeps 



right up to date ; 

 And why he never lost his grip may prove a 



plan of worth : 

 He sticks to this first principle, " Get back to 



Mother Earth." 

 Another thing he demonstrates: the safest kind 



of wealth 

 Is brains with up-to-date ideas, a hide just 



crammed with health. 

 A final guide in Woodchuck life is this well- 

 known refrain : 

 " He ought to die who has n't sense to come in 



from the rain." 

 The Chipmunk stores up hoards of nuts, which 



robbers steal away; 

 The Fox stays out late every night and dearly 



has to pay : 

 But Woodchuck hides when fall's feasts fail ; his 



fat his only hoard 

 For months of subsoil serious thought, as happy 



as a lord. 



