Mammals Mice 
FOOD 
Mice thrive on almost all that we eat, and are 
especially fond of breakfast foods. They like stale 
bread, flies, meal worms, and bits of raw meat or hard 
boiled eggs. There must always be a dish of water 
in the cage; if there is not plenty of water, mice will 
destroy each other. They should never be given 
cheese. 
CARE 
Mice need to be kept in a moderately warm room, 
and must always have plenty of soft material for their 
nests. The cage must be cleaned and scalded at 
least once or twice a week. 
REFERENCES 
Description of habits, AMERIcAN ANIMALS, Stone and Cram. 
SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FurR-BEARERS, John Burroughs. 
Witp Lire in OrcHarpD anD FIELD, Ernest Ingersoll. 
“The White-footed Mouse,” Famitiar Witp Animats, W. /. 
Lottridge. 
“Tookhees,” the “‘Fraid One,” SECRETS OF THE Woops, W. /. 
Long. 
“The Tunnel Runners,” NeicHBpors UNkNown, and “In 
the Deep of the Grass,” in THz WaTCHERS OF THE TRAILS, 
C. G. D. Roberts. 
THE MOUSE’S PETITION 
Found in a trap where he had been confined all night 
Oh! hear a pensive prisoner’s prayer, for liberty that sighs; 
And never let thine heart be shut against the wretch’s cries. 
For here forlorn and sad I sit, within the wiry grate; 
And tremble at the approaching morn, which brings impending 
fate. : 
If e’er thy breast with freedom glow’d, and spurn’d a tyrant’s 
chain, 
Let not thy strong oppressive force a free-born Mouse detain. 
by Anna Letitia Barbauld. 
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