. Each and all; or, How the seven little sisters prove their sisterhood. of grasspushing up here and there in sunnyspots; and out in the pine woods I amsure we should find May-flowers. Butin the far-away cold countries there areno such pleasant signs of spring; andyet there are some things that are verycheering; to the people who live there. jy. Best of all, there is the sun, that hascome back again after the long night,and gives them now a short day, just afew hours long. Then Puseymut theseal, who knows that the spring is com-ing, has begun to build her curioushouse. And about these seal-hou
. Each and all; or, How the seven little sisters prove their sisterhood. of grasspushing up here and there in sunnyspots; and out in the pine woods I amsure we should find May-flowers. Butin the far-away cold countries there areno such pleasant signs of spring; andyet there are some things that are verycheering; to the people who live there. jy. Best of all, there is the sun, that hascome back again after the long night,and gives them now a short day, just afew hours long. Then Puseymut theseal, who knows that the spring is com-ing, has begun to build her curioushouse. And about these seal-houses Imust tell you; for they are almost ascurious and pretty as a birds nest. You know the seals live in the here the water is all covered withice, — ice as thick as you are tall, littleEdith, and in some places very muchthicker. And on the top of the icethere is deep, deep snow. Now, ofnvhat can the seal build frer house ?•• THE STORY OF AGOONACK. Ah! you merry children who buildsnow-houses in winter know very wellof what it is built. See, I will make. you a picture of it, and the mother sealswimming in the clear water just is the passage-way or entry, cutthrough the clear, hard ice. To make 4 EACH AND ALL. that was difficult work for the motherseal; but she did it all herself. See whata little doorway leads into the prettyarched room above, — a room whosewalls are of snow. It is shaped just likean Esquimau house. Indeed, I havesometimes thought that the Esquimauxlearned of the seals how to make theirhouses. It is hardly big enough, youwill say, for the mother seal to live : she didnt build it for herself. Shecan swim about wherever she likes,come up to some little hole in the icefor an occasional breath of fresh air,creep out and sun herself if the day iswarm; and, in short, she doesnt seemto need a house for herself. For whom, then, is the little house ?Georgie thinks it must be for her Georgie is right; for in that prettyround hou
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