LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| THE SQUIRREL | |
“They sat on the branches with their bushy tails curvingover their backs” | [Frontispiece] |
| THE OPOSSUM | PAGE |
“In a few minutes another and another baby followedthe big brother and clung there on the mother’sfurry back” | [5] |
| THE MANATEE | |
“The old mother manatee held him close to her” | [19] |
| THE WHALE | |
“The old mother whale came tearing back to the rescue” | [39] |
| THE ELK | |
“Grazing over the upland meadows” | [48] |
| THE BEAVER | |
“Across the pond to feast in the woods” | [65] |
| THE RABBIT | |
“It was pleasant there in the underbrush of the woods” | [84] |
| THE FOX | |
“Now and then the fox stopped to listen” | [131] |
| THE WOLF | |
“It was the father wolf coming in” | [137] |
| THE MOLE | |
“The greedy young ones shoved and pushed and foughtas if they were starving” | [152] |