. Wilderness ways;. Animal behavior. IV. KOOKOOSKOOS, WHO CATCHES THE WRONG RAT. ' OOKOOSKOOS is the big brown owl, the Bubo Virginianus, or Great Horned Owl of the books. But his Indian name is best. Almost any night in autumn, if you leave the town and go out towards the big woods, you can hear him calling it, Koo-koo- skoos, koooo, kooo, down in the swamp. Kookooskoos is always hatch- ing the wrong rat. The reason is that he is a great hunter, and thinks that every furry thing which moves must be game; and so he is like the fool sportsman who shoots at a sound, or a motion in the bushes, be
. Wilderness ways;. Animal behavior. IV. KOOKOOSKOOS, WHO CATCHES THE WRONG RAT. ' OOKOOSKOOS is the big brown owl, the Bubo Virginianus, or Great Horned Owl of the books. But his Indian name is best. Almost any night in autumn, if you leave the town and go out towards the big woods, you can hear him calling it, Koo-koo- skoos, koooo, kooo, down in the swamp. Kookooskoos is always hatch- ing the wrong rat. The reason is that he is a great hunter, and thinks that every furry thing which moves must be game; and so he is like the fool sportsman who shoots at a sound, or a motion in the bushes, before finding out what makes it. Sometimes the rat turns out to be a skunk, or a weasel; sometimes your pet cat; and, once in a lifetime, it is your own fur S9. 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 Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1867-1952. Boston, U. S. A. , Ginn & company
Size: 1103px × 2266px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectanimalbehavior, booky
