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Winthrop Packard
Wild Pastures
Published by Good Press, 2021
EAN 4066338060716
Table of Contents
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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He was still sitting on his perch greeting the gold of the morning sun with melodious uproar OPPOSITE PAGE The fox may slink for an hour unscared, waiting with watchful eye on the neighboring chicken coop ssss1 The mother bird, dancing and mincing along ssss1 Out from among the birches she sails gracefully, a veritable queen of the fairies 64 There was the swish of wings, the snip-snap of a bird’s beak, and it was all over 86 The way of the “kiver” is this. There is a single, snappy, business-like bob, then another, then three in quick succession 96 That such things are not seen oftener is simply because people are dull and go to bed instead of sitting out under the witch-hazel at midnight of a full moon 114 Of a clear midsummer evening you may hear the muskrat grubbing roots there ... and hear his snort and splash when he dives at sudden sight of you 142 Every boy who knows the country in summer knows him by his rich, red coloration, his strong, black-bordered wings with their black veins 160 The English sparrow has the true instincts of the browbeating coward 180 The skunk doesn’t know where he is going and he isn’t even on his way 198 My lone quail sat on a rock in the pasture, tipped his head back a little, swelled his white throat, and whistled 222