. Animal snapshots and how made . they were ready for housekeeping. The meadowshad been mown and a tempting new clover crop wasspread before them. There was nothing to do nowsave to eat, bask in the golden autumn sunshine, andeat again. With a few weeks of this sort of life therecame a wonderful change in their appearance; theircheeks were distended, their fur glossy, and theirskins stretched with fatness. When September was well advanced, they couldeat no more, and had only to wait and doze away thetime until about the first week in October, whenMother Nature would put them sound asleep. Theb
. Animal snapshots and how made . they were ready for housekeeping. The meadowshad been mown and a tempting new clover crop wasspread before them. There was nothing to do nowsave to eat, bask in the golden autumn sunshine, andeat again. With a few weeks of this sort of life therecame a wonderful change in their appearance; theircheeks were distended, their fur glossy, and theirskins stretched with fatness. When September was well advanced, they couldeat no more, and had only to wait and doze away thetime until about the first week in October, whenMother Nature would put them sound asleep. Theblood began to flow more slowly through their veins,a sleep crept gradually over them which they couldnot resist, and finally, side by side in their snug retreat,they curled themselves into balls of fur, and fell asleep. Warm summer days followed with their mellow light; 30 The Woodchuck Indian summer came and went, but the slumber ofthe woodchucks was unbroken; and thus the coldcheerless winter passed in one long dream of They Fell Asleep
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