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THE DEER^ 
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wildcat have greater interest than you 
in finding where the sparrow fell. 
It is then also that the owl, who 
hunts the sparrow o' nights, grows 
so light from scant feeding that he -i^^^kf^^-"^'- 
cannot fly against the wind. If he 
would go back to his starting point 
while the March winds are out, he 
must needs come down close to the 
ground, where the breeze is not so 
boisterous, and yew-yaw towards his 
objective, making leeway like an old 
boat without ballast or centerboard. 
The grouse have taken to bud- 
eating from necessity, birch buds 
mostly, with occasional trips to the 
orchards for variety. They live much 
now in the trees, which they dislike; 
