22 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



last as long as the human race safe because of 

 their lack of commercial value. 



Both the house mouse and house rat are dis- 

 gusting degenerates, and while every living ani- 

 mal is a thing of interest, it is the wild creatures 

 of the wood and field that excite our enthusiasm 

 and not the parasitic animals which infest the 

 cities. 



All of us who spend part of our time living in 

 the woods know that fairyland is around us and 

 that we have for neighbors 



REAL LIVE BROWNIES 



who work strange deeds at night in the sleeping 

 woods. 



From her hole in the old chestnut tree 



FANNY FLYING SQUIRREL 



watched the sturdy lads "snaking" logs through 

 the grove, and she saw them roll the logs up skids 

 until -the pile took on the form of a house; the 

 little squirrel waited until the house was all 

 finished, and then she passed the word to the wood 

 brownies, and they all moved in ! The bats took 

 up their quarters between the logs of the second 

 story; the red squirrels between the logs of the 

 first story, the white-footed mice and large wood 

 rats in all unoccupied nooks. 



The Phoebe bird took possession of a projec- 

 tion over the kitchen door, the robin built its nest 



