FINDING NATURE’S TREASURES 
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After they had rested a little while, Fred said, “Let’s 
move the brush and find her.” 
The children went to work. Fred lifted the last arm¬ 
ful, and there lay Mother Opossum curled up with her 
eyes shut, and her teeth showing between her lips. She 
did not move the least bit, nor open her eyes. 
“You boys have killed her,” said Marylee, about to 
cry. Fred and Buddy looked as if they were sorry. 
“We didn’t even touch her,” Buddy exclaimed. 
Uncle Jack laughed. 
“Don’t look so unhappy,” he said. “She isn’t hurt.” 
“But she is dead, Uncle Jack,” declared Bess. “Her 
