. Music of the wild, with reproductions of the performers, their instruments and festival halls. Natural history. TREE TOADS DUET The Music of the Marsh a P AT O'ROURKK! Pat OKouike! Pat O'Rourke!" rolls Father Bullfrog's basso profuiulo. "Got (Iniuk! Cxot drunk! (iot drunk!" echoes Mother Bullfrog's contralto, responsive. "Keel 'ini! Keel 'ini! Keel 'iin!" pi])es tlie youngster's shrill treble. Thus the frogs sing the opening chorus. Through earth's long winter sleep the marsh lies the l)arest and dreariest of places. >Vith the first The black frost all its tender,
. Music of the wild, with reproductions of the performers, their instruments and festival halls. Natural history. TREE TOADS DUET The Music of the Marsh a P AT O'ROURKK! Pat OKouike! Pat O'Rourke!" rolls Father Bullfrog's basso profuiulo. "Got (Iniuk! Cxot drunk! (iot drunk!" echoes Mother Bullfrog's contralto, responsive. "Keel 'ini! Keel 'ini! Keel 'iin!" pi])es tlie youngster's shrill treble. Thus the frogs sing the opening chorus. Through earth's long winter sleep the marsh lies the l)arest and dreariest of places. >Vith the first The black frost all its tender, succulent water plants 'f'''*^'"'''^ and vines droop their graceful heads and becojue masses of decaying vegetation. Stripj^ed of June's ]-iot of foliage and bloom, the bushes stand bare and scraggy. The trees reach heavenward stark liranches, like bony fingers, as if imploring the ])owers of nature to come quickly and reclothc 323. 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 Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924. Cincinnati, Jennings and Graham
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