. The story of hedgerow and pond . iety of living creatures each in its ownseason. And well do all the creaturesknow where to look and when to lookfor the particular kind in season. The dormouse and squirrel know quite76 Hedgerow Life well when to look out for the ripe hazel-nuts. These are perhaps the biggestof the hedgerow fruits, except the crab-apple, and provide food also for the field-mouse and the nuthatch, not to mentionthe grubs and weevils which feed insidethe growing nut, reducing it to powderbefore it can ripen. Have you everseen a squirrel sitting up nibbling a nut,holding it in i
. The story of hedgerow and pond . iety of living creatures each in its ownseason. And well do all the creaturesknow where to look and when to lookfor the particular kind in season. The dormouse and squirrel know quite76 Hedgerow Life well when to look out for the ripe hazel-nuts. These are perhaps the biggestof the hedgerow fruits, except the crab-apple, and provide food also for the field-mouse and the nuthatch, not to mentionthe grubs and weevils which feed insidethe growing nut, reducing it to powderbefore it can ripen. Have you everseen a squirrel sitting up nibbling a nut,holding it in its little red paws ? If so,you will agree with me in thinking thatit would be very difficult to see anythingprettier in the whole world of it holds the nut fast it nibbles theshell with its powerful cutting teeth, likechisels, until it can reach the nuthatch is a bird equally fond ofnuts ; but as it cant hold the nut in itshands, it flies off with it and fixes it inthe crevice of the rough bark of a
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