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and started, lie scampered to the top of the cor- 

 nice, peeped over, and chattered out his " bo- 

 peep." If his playmate then walked back a few 

 steps he would come down again, and do it all 

 over. This game he would keep up till he tired 

 out everybody. 



A curious thing was their manner of eating 

 loaf sugar. They doted on this luxury, and 

 when one of them received the treasure, he at 

 once retired to a safe place, holding it in his 

 arms with great care. Then he seated himself 

 to enjoy his feast. He used only his tongue, 

 licking it in one spot till he dug out a little 

 round hole. When he had eaten all he wanted, 

 there would be left in the square lump a little 

 cup-shaped cavity about big enough to hold a 

 small pea. * 



Animals that are kept in the house, as all pet- 

 keepers know, must have the care that we give 

 to people who live in a house, or they will be 

 very unpleasant house-mates. These little fel- 

 lows were bathed and thoroughly brushed every 

 day by their mistress. At first they rebelled at 

 the bathing, but after a few trials they came to 

 like it, and the brushing that followed kept their 

 fur coats in the mosi beautiful condition. 



But life in our climate is hard on the natives 

 of the tropics. One of the pets died before the 

 next winter. The survivor was greatly grieved 



