64 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



he do? (Run.) Can he go fast? How do you 

 know? (Have seen him.) (Those long, strong hind 

 legs help him.) How does he hold his ears when 

 running? (Down and back.) Why? ( (a) So that 

 they will be out of his way when running under 

 fences and brush. (6) So that the air pressing 

 against them will not hinder him. (c) So that he can 

 hear his pursuers.) 



In what other way than by running can he get 

 away from the dogs? ( (a) He may glide into a hole 

 or hollow log. {b) Turn suddenly when the dog gets 

 up to him. The dog cannot turn so quickly, and 

 not expecting this change in affairs, loses some time, 

 the rabbit improving it in getting away, (c) Crouch 

 down on a log or in the bushes. His color being 

 very similar to that of the log or bushes, the dog 

 will sometimes give up the search after sniffing 

 about for a time within a short distance of him.) 



If Bunny escapes from the dogs, he goes where ? 

 (To his home.) Where is it? (Near some log, 

 under bushes, at foot of tree, or in the weeds.) 

 What kind of a house? (A hollow in the grass or 

 weeds.) Is there no roof to his house? (No.) 

 Sometimes there is. What kind of a roof do you 

 think it is? There is sometimes such a roof on your 



