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active person. He was a man who used his eyes^ 

 and Baden-Powell tells us that as he and his 

 friend walked along the latter picked up a button 

 from the ground, and the next moment spoke 

 about a horse some distance away that was lame 

 in one of its legs. 



Now what does this teach us ? Just this. 

 That we should always be on the look-out for 

 things. That we should look close at hand and 

 far away. So many people go through life with 

 their eyes shut, as it were, and lose, as a result, 

 much of the enjoyment to be obtained. 



Another thing I should like you to bear in mind 

 is that everything in Nature is worth looking at, 

 and that every moment instructs. You have a 

 natural love for animals and plants. You have 

 your pets; you like to hear the birds sing and to 

 watch their winning ways. Nothing pleases you 

 more than to gather a nosegay of flowers from 

 Nature's own garden. Let me ask you one 

 favour, however, and that is this, pay heed to the 

 common things, and do not be destructive nor 

 cruel to bird or beast. 



You are more likely to be interested in knowing 

 why an animal or a plant is found in a certain 

 place than you are to rest content with the know- 

 ledge that it is there. You will want to know 

 how it came there, how long it has been there, 

 what it does for a living, and where it goes to. 



