Mammals The Woodchuck 
There was a pile of wood out by the back door, 
ready to be sawed and put into the woodshed. 
Under this Chuckie had a nest which he sometimes 
used in the day time. When the wood pile was 
removed, this nest was found to be made of bark and 
all sorts of bright colored things, particularly green 
paper. 
Chuckie was as playful as a kitten, but was by no 
means as agile, and it was truly a laughable sight to 
see him play with a piece of bark suspended from the 
end of a pole. 
He was an excellent climber, and liked to be under 
a dress or coat, and would often climb into Bob’s 
lap and from there under his coat on his back, where 
he would stay until taken down. 
Bob and Lou carried him with them all over the 
neighborhood, and once even took him to town 
several miles away. But he grew very troublesome, 
and they had to borrow a shoe box to carry him 
home in. 
As he grew older he became more shy, and one day 
he disappeared; only once after that was he seen, and 
that time in a pasture near the house, when he came 
within a few feet of Bob, who called him by name. 
This is atrue story, and Chuckie was only one of the 
many pets which Bob and Lou had at their home.” 
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It would be better to let the woodchuck play about 
the grounds and garden, if possible; but if kept con- 
fined, the cage should be a large one, eight or ten feet 
square and three feet high, made of chicken wire, and 
with cement bottom, otherwise the captive will 
burrow out. A box at least two feet square, with a 
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