LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SQUIRREL

“They sat on the branches with their bushy tails curvingover their backs”

[Frontispiece]
THE OPOSSUMPAGE

“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]