. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 268 Handbook of Nature-Study â 1^ ^^^H I^M â f^^h S^hI! An THE CAT Teacher's Story JF all people, the writer should regard the cat sym- pathetically, for when she was a baby of five months she was adopted by a cat. My self- elected foster-mother was Jenny, a handsome black and white cat, which at that time lost her first litter of kittens, through the attack of a savage cat from the woods. She was as Rachel crying for her children, when she seemed suddenly to compre- hend
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. 268 Handbook of Nature-Study â 1^ ^^^H I^M â f^^h S^hI! An THE CAT Teacher's Story JF all people, the writer should regard the cat sym- pathetically, for when she was a baby of five months she was adopted by a cat. My self- elected foster-mother was Jenny, a handsome black and white cat, which at that time lost her first litter of kittens, through the attack of a savage cat from the woods. She was as Rachel crying for her children, when she seemed suddenly to compre- hend that I, although larger than she, was an infant. She haunted my cradle, trying to give me milk from her own breasts; and later she brought half-killed mice and placed them enticingly in my cradle, coaxing me to play with them, a performance which pleased me much more than it did my real mother. Jenny always came to comfort me when I cried, rubbing against me, purring loudly, and licking me with her tongue in a way to drive mad the modem mother, wise as to the sources of children's internal parasites. This maternal attitude toward me lasted as long as Jenny lived, which was until I was nine years old. Never during those years did I lift my voice in wailing, that she did not come to comfort me; and even to-day I can remember how" great that comfort was, especially when my naughtiness was the cause of my weeping, and when, therefore, I felt that the whole world, except Jenny, was against Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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