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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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se they thought he toldthem a story, that they pounced upon him and torehim all to pieces. And you remember the story of Red Riding Hood, Rosie ? Poh ! thats a tory, tause mamma said so,answered Rose. A wolf tant talk, and a w^olftouldiit make any ittle dirls believe he was hergrandma. I know he touldnt! What a little owl! said May. But the otherstory was true, wasnt it, Mr. Dumas.f Very likely. A hungry wolf would as lieve cata little girl as anything else ; but Rosie neednt beafraid for there are none around here. I have seenthem, however, many at a time, when I was a boy,bounding over the snow on a still winters night. The wolf looks very much like the dog, doesnthe .f* asked Frank. Yes, he is about the size of a larq-e dos:, butmuch leaner. The color is generally mixed, blackgray and brown. The eyes are so constructed as togive a very fierce look. Cruel and cowardly in dis-position, it does not seem jDossible that so noble andaffectionate an animal as the dos^ ever orisrinated 144
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The Wolf A FUNNY PIN-CUSHION. from it, nor do we know it as a fact. I am inclinedto believe that the dog is a distinct species by itselfthough Natural Historians teach to the contrary,said Mr. Dumas. I can classify the wolf without any telling, saidMay. Can you ? asked Mr. Dumas. I should liketo hear you. Class Vertebrates^ order Carnivora, family Canidcsand genus Canis. It is just like the dog. You dont mean to tell me that a little girl likeyou knows the meaning of all those words ? saidMr. Dumas, in surprise. Yes, sir. Vertebrates means having a backbone.Carnivora^ flesh-eating. Canidcg like a dog, andCanis the Latin word for dog. We are making Natural History an especialstudy now, said Frank, and Cousin Grace is ourteacher. Mr. Dumas, too. spoke up Rose. He knowseveryfing, dont he, Tousin Grace ? But Mr. Dumas gave Grace no time to reply. Hewent on about the wolf. He said that if a wolf wasexcited by hunger there seemed no end to his blood- 147 A FUNNY PIN-CUSHION. thirstiness. He

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