StNicholas [serial] . A RED SQUIRREL DIGGING AN UNDER-SNOW a squirrel has perforated the crust above the mouth of his burrow here and there, by the side of the path, and left some empty acornshells on the snow. He has shoveled out this morning before the snow has frozen on his door-step.—Thoreau. 360 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [ A WONDERFUL MOVING VINE Near the bank of the Guadalupe River, I sawsomething green upon the ground, and, hurryingforward, found a lovely vine with leaves smallerthan those of the smilax, of a pale, tender vine had its root about fi
StNicholas [serial] . A RED SQUIRREL DIGGING AN UNDER-SNOW a squirrel has perforated the crust above the mouth of his burrow here and there, by the side of the path, and left some empty acornshells on the snow. He has shoveled out this morning before the snow has frozen on his door-step.—Thoreau. 360 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [ A WONDERFUL MOVING VINE Near the bank of the Guadalupe River, I sawsomething green upon the ground, and, hurryingforward, found a lovely vine with leaves smallerthan those of the smilax, of a pale, tender vine had its root about five feet from thetrunk of a towering cottonwood tree, and spreadout on the ground four or five inches wide, be-coming a little narrower as it approached thetree. I could see no stems nor tendrils, so thick touched one of the leaves and found to my amaze-ment that there was a brown ant under it about. THE WONDERFUL MOVING VINE. was the growth ; and as I drew close to the treeI saw that the vine branched just above theground and went climbing up the great trunk andthe branches. It grew more and more slender,until, far up, I could distinguish only a thread-like line of green. As I stood intently watching the delicate,graceful vine, I became aware that it was per-vaded by a curious, tremulous motion. ThenI saw that the individual leaves were not sta-tionary. Picking up a twig from the ground, I
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