The Careful Mother Weasel 
In the winter the coats of 
the weasels were white, 
with a black tail-tip; so 
it was hard for an owl 
or hawk to see the wea¬ 
sels in the snow. 
But in the summer they 
were light brown with 
white stomachs and 
throats. They lived in a 
pile of stones at the edge 
of a pasture. 
When the babies were 
born, the mother weasel 
drove the father away, 
for she knew that he 
would kill and eat the 
little ones if he could. 
