A Book of Nimble Beasts: Bunny Rabbit, Squirrel, Toad, and "Those Sort of People"

A Book of Nimble Beasts: Bunny Rabbit, Squirrel, Toad, and "Those Sort of People"

I know a Boy Scout who has never seen a weasel. Many weasels, I fancy, must have seen that Boy Scout. And I know a Girl who has never seen a Harvest Mouse, but who might have, often. There may be other boys and girls like these. There may be grown-ups also. It is for them that I have written this book. It is to them that I offer its pictures. I would lead them (with hushed voices and quiet feet) into God's Under-World; a World of queer small happenings; of sparkling eyes and vanishing tails; a whispering, rustling World. I would have them, whatever their age be, approach this World as children. For children's eyes are closest to the ground. You must all, I think, have seen Bats flying, or, at any rate, pictures of Bats flying, and you must all know that they are night, or twilight, beasties, though some of our English kinds fly about in broad daylight more often than most people think. But do you all know that they are the only four-footed creatures that really flyfor they are four-footed though they don't look it; and do you all know that there are, probably, more different kinds of Bats in England than there are different kinds of any other beastie; and that they are the very ugliest of British Beasties, taking them {18} altogether; and that they all have very small eyeswhich is a queer thing for twilight beasties to have; owls, of course, and dormice have very big eyesand that they have either very wonderful ears, or very wonderful noses, but not both together? If you don't know all this, perhaps you would like to hear more. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55097
Author: English, Douglas
Release Date: Jul 13, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English