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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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abbit was in her home withher newly-born babies, when a locomotive wentthundering over the ground, making poor Bunnyquake with terror, and crouch closer to her littleones. But, as the sounds were heard again andagain, and still unfollowed by danger, Bunny deter-mined she would explore, and bring her little onessomething to eat. Who can tell the terror she felt,when, for the first time, she beheld the snortingfire-horse! With just strength enough to tumbleinto her hole she lay at the bottom, jDanting forbreath; but her little ones were growing, and theymust be taken out and introduced to the world ;so she brought them to the surface with their littleheads and ears just in sight, while she sat upon herhaunches and looked and listened. If there wasno sight or sound of danger, then she ventured outwith her little ones to gambol in the moonlight. Fd like to hear about a rat next, said Frank. No, let us have another story, said May. Suppose I gratify you both. One time a large,brown rat —
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An Invaded Home. DOWN BY THE CREEK. Arent all rats brown ? asked Frank. No, the black rat was the primitive one in ourcountry, as well as in Europe. The brown ratused to belong wholly to Asia, but in 1737, crossingthe Volga in large troops, it stocked Russia, andsoon overrun all Europe. The black rats originallocality is unknown. He has always been a house-rat, and was introduced to America in 1544, thoughfor what purpose we cannot conceive — probablycame over, uninvited, in some ship. The brownrats are often called wharf-rats, because, during thesummer, they reside principally in holes along banksof rivers, ponds and ditches, always seeking housesand barns for the winter, where they live in thewalls and under floors. They can burrow verydeep, throwing up great piles of dirt in their nightlywork at house-breaking. But to return to my story. The brown rat found his way into the greatlong corridor of a prison one day, and finding somewheat-heads upon the floor immediately began tomake

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