. Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities . imal is the first indication of the presence of thedreaded marauder. Who Stops to Choose Waits to Lose. IT is lonely and still in the depths of the great forest. Seldomdoes a jarring sound break the silence. The wind stirs a drytwig, which suddenly rustles down upon the ground. Awoodpecker hammers on the oak, or the hoarse scream of somebird of prey echoes far up in the blue sky. Then all is stillagain, and only the light breathing of the forest is to be yet the
. Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities . imal is the first indication of the presence of thedreaded marauder. Who Stops to Choose Waits to Lose. IT is lonely and still in the depths of the great forest. Seldomdoes a jarring sound break the silence. The wind stirs a drytwig, which suddenly rustles down upon the ground. Awoodpecker hammers on the oak, or the hoarse scream of somebird of prey echoes far up in the blue sky. Then all is stillagain, and only the light breathing of the forest is to be yet there is no lack of life, and even of tragedy or ofsilent laughter, in the woodland. Reynard the Robber springssuddenly out of the thicket and breaks upon the morningtrysting-place of two hares. One of the frightened little ani-mals jumps to the right and the other to the left, while the foxtriumphantly raises his bushy tail in the air like a victoriousstandard. Upon which of the two shall he fling Reynard hesitates, pondering upon the great stops to choose waits to lose! The rule applies in a. Night Monkey surprised by an Ocelot. HAMSTER AND POLECAT. 163 hare-hunt as it does in other experiences of Hfe. The heart ofman often falls into perplexities and fails of its ends throughthe sheer force of its own fierce desire. The hares in ourpicture are apparently making the best of the brief opportunityfor escape which has offered itself to them, and Reynard haslost because he has stopped to choose. The artist who pro-duced the picture has succeeded in depicting in a lifelikefashion this strategic moment in nature. The hares are evi-dently masters of the situation, and their rapid flight will savethem from the hungry mouth of the fox. Hamster and Polecat. THE favorite haunts of the hamster, a busy little gnawer ofthe mouse family, are in the corn-fields of Europe andAsia. There the little fellows build underground dwell-ings of many chambers, in which they st
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