. St. Nicholas [serial]. LAMBS COMBINE FOLLOW THE LEADER ANDRING AROUND A-ROSY. with a leap in the air, and snap about again foranother run in another direction. Suddenly they each other at close quarters, or, with heads jerk-ing up and down in a lively manner, were tryingto stare each other out of countenance. In the Zoo, the bear cubs tussle with eachother, and the polar bears wrestle while standingin their pool, three feet deep, or try to see howlong one can hold another under the water. Thegraceful but grotesque gnu, in performing his an-tics, cuts up the ground of his yard with his sharph


. St. Nicholas [serial]. LAMBS COMBINE FOLLOW THE LEADER ANDRING AROUND A-ROSY. with a leap in the air, and snap about again foranother run in another direction. Suddenly they each other at close quarters, or, with heads jerk-ing up and down in a lively manner, were tryingto stare each other out of countenance. In the Zoo, the bear cubs tussle with eachother, and the polar bears wrestle while standingin their pool, three feet deep, or try to see howlong one can hold another under the water. Thegraceful but grotesque gnu, in performing his an-tics, cuts up the ground of his yard with his sharphoofs. He runs about his inclosure with great 656 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [May,. BEARS ARE FOND OF REAL ANDBELIEVE WRESTLING. rapidity, turning sharply, and digging the earthat each quick turn as he wheels about. Monkeysare, of course, the master players at the ostrich dances about with wings spread andhead swinging in a laughable way. While mentioning the play of birds, the authorof Animals at Work and Play says, Tame ll


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