Part 3

XXXIX. The Flying Squirrel. 109

The Owl. 111

XL. Bo-peep and the Squirrel. 112

XLI. How the Mole Looks. 114

XLII. How the Mole Works and Lives. 116

XLIII. About the Porcupine. 118

XLIV. About the Woodchuck. 120

XLV. Mrs. Brindle's Cowslip Feast. 122

XLVI. The Frog and its Home. 124

XLVII. From Tadpole to Frog. 126

XLVIII. More about Frogs. 128

XLIX. The Friendly Toad. 130

L. The Snail and its House. 132

LI. The Fly and its Ways. 134

LII. The Animals' Ball. 136

NURSERY RHYME.

Goosey, goosey, gander! Where shall I wander?

Up-stairs, down-stairs, In the lady's chamber!

There sits the lady, Folding up the clothes;

In comes a blackbird, And nips off her nose!

LESSON I.

HOW FOWLS LOOK.

1. Here we find the hen and chickens, a new company of our farm-yard friends. We see that they are very unlike the other friends we have been studying, and, though we know them well, we may find out something new about them.

2. Instead of a coat of hair or fur, the hen is covered with feathers, all pointing backward and lying over each other, so that the rain falls off as from the shingles of a house.

3. When we studied the cat, we found that she had four legs for walking and running, and that she used the paws on her front legs for scratching and catching her prey.

4. We have but two legs for walking or running, our fore legs being arms, and our paws, hands.

5. These new friends, the chickens, have but two legs, and in this way are more like boys and girls than are cats and dogs.

6. But the chicken has the same number of limbs as the others, only those in front are wings instead of fore legs or arms.