. Animal snapshots and how made . use. As it was nearing the noonhour the good wife went to the basement for somepotatoes, but scarcely had she entered, when shesaw a black and white object in the middle of thefloor. The light being dim, its outline was at first The Skunk 4^ indistinct, but as she approached it moved slightly,and she distinguished a wood-pussy. She screamed,dropped her pan and ran into the shop exclaiming,A skunk! a skunk in the basement! The smith, a very self-possessed man, dropped thefoot of the horse he was shoeing, and looking at hisexcited wife said, Well, Hannah, what o
. Animal snapshots and how made . use. As it was nearing the noonhour the good wife went to the basement for somepotatoes, but scarcely had she entered, when shesaw a black and white object in the middle of thefloor. The light being dim, its outline was at first The Skunk 4^ indistinct, but as she approached it moved slightly,and she distinguished a wood-pussy. She screamed,dropped her pan and ran into the shop exclaiming,A skunk! a skunk in the basement! The smith, a very self-possessed man, dropped thefoot of the horse he was shoeing, and looking at hisexcited wife said, Well, Hannah, what of it? The answer came promptly, If you want anypotatoes for dinner, youll have to get them yourself! Apparently without concern for his personal safety,or for the danger of defiling the sweet June air, hewalked into the basement, quietly lifted the skunkby the tail and brought him forth, and as he threwhim over the fence in the rear of the garden remarked,*I never was afraid of skunks, and they do an awfullot of good. THE RACCOON.
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