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OUR BACKDOOR NEIGHBORS 



their secrets, he came to have a great fear of 

 making unnecessary pain even for the most 

 insignificant worm, and would suffer much 

 inconvenience in the way of damaged garden 

 or shrubbery before he could bring himself to 

 persecute the little creatures, which, he felt, 

 had as good a right to live their lives as he. 



Every year, in the month of June, Mother 

 Snapping Turtle left the water and took a little 

 journey. To see her quietly on her way few 



As soon as an egg cracked open, a little nose would be pushed out, and there 

 Baby Turtle would sit for hours. 



