THE WAYS OF THE WOODCHUCK 231 



warm, thick, furry skin, and he isn't due to wake 

 up till February 2d, when he has to arouse himself 

 to make a weather story. After that he is at liberty 



A denizen of the deep woods 



to go to sleep again, though he rather cat-naps, as 

 you and I do after we have been waked of a morning 

 by the birds. He doesn't come up for good, as a 

 rule, till the snow is gone and the earth is softened, 



