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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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dead, of course. 296 LITTLE FOLKS When she has a pile of them, she takes a long wooden needle,with a string for thread, strings them just like dried apples, andhangs them up to smoke in her smoke-house—the top of the vam. Madam Squaw has to prepare a good many strings of driedClams before summer is over, or else she and her babies wouldstarve in winter; and they dont like starving any better than youdo, if they do eat such horrible looking things. I suppose youd almost starve before you could eat the driedClams, for white people, who have tasted them, say they taste likeold rope, flavored with tar. I dont believe youd like that verymuch. IN FEATHERS AND FUR, 297 THE FISH THAT BUILDS A HOUSE. You never heard of such a thing ? Well, I mean you shallhear all about it in two or three minutes, for hes as funny a fellowas I know anything about. His name—according to the wise men — is Cottoida, but therest of the world call him Stickleback. I think one name is aboutas bad as the other.
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He not only builds a house, but he takes care of the babieshimself, which is even more extraordinary. Mrs. Stickleback has a very easy time. She dont help herhusband build the house; indeed he never thinks of a wife, or if hedoes, he dont speak of it, till he has the home ready. After she 298 LITTLE FOLKS has laid the eggs, instead of letting her take care of them as othermothers do, he just drives her out of the house, and wont evenallow her to see the babies. Theres one good thing about it, though; she dont seem to caremuch. She swims off and has a good time, while Mr. Sticklebackscarcely ever leaves the house. Its as much as any other fishs lifes worth to pass the house,for Mr. Stickleback will rush out and give battle at once. It is curious to see them fight. The only weapons they have,are sharp spines, or bones, sticking up in their backs, (thats whythey have such an outrageous name, you see,) and the thing theytry to do is to dive under the enemy and stab him from below. So they

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