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can't take hold of him without getting pricked, and there he will 
hold for hours. 
One that I read of, could only be got tip by slipping a spade 
under him. There isn't much comfort to be had with him anyway, 
for he will dig under anything. 
So he isn't very popular as a pet. 
The Porcupine is not the only animal who wears a suit of 
spikes, with which to defend himself. There is the Hedgehog, a 
little fellow not a foot long. He is not as warlike as the porcupine, 
his chief anxiety being to defend himself from his enemies. He has 
plenty of these, too, for he is a favorite morsel with foxes and clogs 
and cats. 
His way of taking care of himself is very droll. It is merely 
to roll himself up like a ball. You must know that it is only on his 
back that he is protected with sharp spines, so on the approach of 
