. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. The bright-eyed little fellow lying full length on a branch, andlooking at you, looks like any other of his race, but in the climbingone you can see the edge of the loose skin which reaches from one 18 LITTLE FOLKS tther, and you can sec that when he stretches out his legs for leap, this skin spreads out, and presents a larger surface the air. thus holding him up a little longer than if he had none. This is the only sort of a wing he has, and that is the whole of his flying,—simply a little bolder leap than the rest of his family. IN F
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. The bright-eyed little fellow lying full length on a branch, andlooking at you, looks like any other of his race, but in the climbingone you can see the edge of the loose skin which reaches from one 18 LITTLE FOLKS tther, and you can sec that when he stretches out his legs for leap, this skin spreads out, and presents a larger surface the air. thus holding him up a little longer than if he had none. This is the only sort of a wing he has, and that is the whole of his flying,—simply a little bolder leap than the rest of his family. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 19. \ A BEAR WITH A BED QUILT. It is a bedquilt, isnt it, if he always spreads it over himselfwhen he goes to bed ? I think so. You never heard of such a bear ? I dare say you havent, be-cause that isnt his whole name. His name is Ant Bear, and Iguess youd think it a good one if you could see him once when hefinds a nice ant-hill to work on. Youd think he was made to eatants—as, indeed, he was. His fore feet are made with sharp claws, just right to tear openthe hard houses of the white ants. And hes as fond of ants as youare of sugar-plums—strange as you may think it. What I call his bedquilt is really his tail. A monstrous graymat it looks like, large enough to cover him entirely up—and tuckin. 20 LITTLE FOLKS Then his nose is half as long as his body, so it can get into theant-houses, you see. He has no teeth (he dont need them to eatsuch food with) and his tongue is small, and very long and sticky,and darts in and out so fast you can hardly see it, snatching updozens of ants ever
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