. The babyhood of wild beasts . rowling. He was full of mischiefat night. One of his favourite stunts was to pullthe stopper out of the ink bottle and pour thecontents over the white table cloth. He couldunlatch the door and also turn a door-knob. An irate member of the family was looking forour pet with a shot-gun. We saw if his life was tobe spared we must hide him at once. I put aleash on him and tied him in the rear of the stable. One bright, moonlight night, when the starsburned white against the midnight blue of theheavens, I heard a short, sharp bark from thewoods. Coonie became restles
. The babyhood of wild beasts . rowling. He was full of mischiefat night. One of his favourite stunts was to pullthe stopper out of the ink bottle and pour thecontents over the white table cloth. He couldunlatch the door and also turn a door-knob. An irate member of the family was looking forour pet with a shot-gun. We saw if his life was tobe spared we must hide him at once. I put aleash on him and tied him in the rear of the stable. One bright, moonlight night, when the starsburned white against the midnight blue of theheavens, I heard a short, sharp bark from thewoods. Coonie became restless and tugged athis leash. I could hear him moving about untilthe dawn broke. The next night the call was re-peated ; louder and nearer it came. Coonie be-came very restless and whined dismally. The fol-lowing day he scarcely touched his food and fellinto a feverish sleep as night approached. Hegrew very anxious and worried and made an ex-amination of the doors and windows, sniffingeagerly at the half-open window in the 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 breath.
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