weight. S(i it w.-is. for the one or oiics that made the 

 traeks were the tiny White-footed Mice that we often find 

 in wi)(nl>.. In a great many places we will find straight 

 dashes between or alongside the foot-prints. — made by the 

 long tails of the little rodents. They live in comfort far 

 down among the roots of the old stnmp. having plenty of 

 food stored therein to last them through the winter, but 

 they like, when the weather is fine, to come outside and 

 romp about. 



5/;e;.7»!; the- form of rabbit trjcks; Itu- :<-iJ,-sprt\ni livid tc\i in front 

 and the smalltr fvi-f-t-t prints b^liiiid 



E\en in winter, though, mice are not without enemies, — 

 ajit to come upon them at any moment. A slv weasel may 

 s<-ent out their retreat and his lithe, sinuous bodv enables 

 liim to follow them to the innermost recesses of their homes; 

 or a hungry fox, l.u'kiug other, larger food, may condescend 

 to dig tliem out if the stump slmidd ]n-o\e soft enough. 



