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there at the time. On occasion they would all 

 investigate the possibilities of dinner from 

 the same pan, as all were permitted to help 





he made friends with the bantam hen and with a skunk that lived ihere at the time. 



themselves from the supply of table scraps 

 which Mrs. Naturalist set out for them. He 

 was a most interesting bird, but suspicious of 

 every stranger. When visitors came and de- 

 sired to make his acquaintance he would usu- 

 ally take himself to the top of some of the tall- 

 est trees and caw, but would refuse to come 

 down at the call of the Naturalist. He was 



