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tenclereSt attention of a constant and patient nurse. Not a movement or noise on its part escaped 
lier, and her maternal solicitude was quite astonishing. The weight of the little thing did not interfere 
with her moving about, and all her exertions were managed with a view of not incommoding her young 
charge. She never shook it, or struck it accidentally against the edges and corners ol her house. At 
the end of a fortnight the little one began to detach itself, and from the beginning of its moving by 
itself it showed a great amount of vigour, power, and ability to run and jump, which human children 
ol a year or two might well envy. It held on to the wires of its cage and crawled up and down at 
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will, but the careful mother never took her eyes off it, and followed it wherever it went, and even held 
out her hands to prevent it tumbling when it became too venturesome. Indeed, she admonished the 
little one by a gentle touch that it had been away long enough, and must come in. At other times it 
walked on all -fours over the straw, and often let itself drop down from the top of its cage on to the 
soft bottom, so as to accustom itself to fall on all-fours ; then it would jump up the net-work and lay 
hold and scramble with great precision. After a while, the mother began to teach the young one not 
to be so troublesome to her, and to manage without her, but still she took care of it, following it if it 
was doing anything out of the way and in danger. With strength the agility of the creature increased, 
and its jumps and bounds were wonderful, and it never miscalculated its distance, or made a false step. 
After six weeks a more substantial nourishment than milk was required, and then a very curious 
