. The babyhood of wild beasts . By permission of the New York Zoological SocietyThe Raccoon babies are taking their first peep at the beautiful, green world. MotherCoon is holding her i)recious child back so that in the excitement of the moment he wontwalk too fast and get out of /. iUi(jit-(tl SocietyBaby Raccoons look like little foxes with tortoise shell spectacles on, and 1 wouldntbe a bit surprised to learn that they can see twice as far as any other baby can. Permifision of A< ir Yorklith tortoise shell spectacles BABY RACCOONS 51 I could read his thoughts, poor dear. He long
. The babyhood of wild beasts . By permission of the New York Zoological SocietyThe Raccoon babies are taking their first peep at the beautiful, green world. MotherCoon is holding her i)recious child back so that in the excitement of the moment he wontwalk too fast and get out of /. iUi(jit-(tl SocietyBaby Raccoons look like little foxes with tortoise shell spectacles on, and 1 wouldntbe a bit surprised to learn that they can see twice as far as any other baby can. Permifision of A< ir Yorklith tortoise shell spectacles BABY RACCOONS 51 I could read his thoughts, poor dear. He longedto go back to his own kin. He loved me, but thecall of freedom and home outweighed the affec-tion he felt for me. I loved him and I was selfish, so I determinedto keep him. I wanted the pleasure of his pres-ence, the touch of his soft, furry little body againstmy breast, the joy of feeding and caring for day I suddenly realised how selfish I loved him, yet I had deliberately resolved to pre-vent him from going back to the life he lovedand yearned for. With a wrench I tore that un-worthy resolve out by the very roots. After my mental battle I dragged myself wear-ily tc bed; but I did not close the kitchen all was quiet and the soft stillness wasbroken on
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