A SUMMER IN A CLOVER FIELD 15 



self and his lady love, who sat off at one side watch- 

 ing proceedings. Reddy would come backing out 

 of the long hole in the ground and kick the dirt all 

 over the immediate vicinity, then back again he 

 would go and drag out another load of dirt. It was 

 great fun to see Reddy work this way, and Clover 

 felt that he was going to have an interesting neigh- 

 bor for the summer. 



In looking around, Clover noticed that many of 

 his brothers had been killed by the winter, so dur- 

 ing the coming warm days they all tried to expand 

 themselves in order to cover the ground and make 

 up the loss. Some of the plants had been killed by 

 the clover-root borer, while later in May the leaf 

 weevil ravaged the plants and destroyed the leaves. 

 Then in July and August the grasshoppers came in 

 thousands to feed upon the plants and if it had not 

 been for the many friends of Clover, who kept con- 

 trol over the enemies, it is quite doubtful if he 

 would have survived. 



However, Clover came through the early spring 

 in good shape, escaping many of the enemies that at- 

 tacked other plants, and spent many interesting days 

 watching the Fox family. For several days Lady Fox 

 was not to be seen, and Clover began to wonder 

 what had become of her, when one morning, as the 



