Animals

There are some kinds of animals that are tame, as the sheep, hog, cow,
horse, dog, and cat.

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The horse is a faithful beast and does much work for man. He draws
the heavy loads on the road and works in the fields. We hitch him to a
wagon or a carriage and enjoy a ride, or we can put a saddle upon his
back and ride there also.

The cow gives us milk for our food, and from the milk we get cream,
butter, and cheese.

The flesh of the hog is valuable for food.

The dogs are useful to guard our homes, and cats catch mice and rats.
Both dogs and cats make good pets.

Sheep have long wool all over their bodies, and men cut it off and use
it to make clothes to keep us warm.

Young sheep are called lambs. They like to run and play very much. In
the picture we see a lamb that has fallen into the water. The mother
sheep stands close by and watches the man trying to pull the lamb out.

I suppose the man had missed these two from the flock. He was in
search of the lost ones, and seeing the mother standing near the
water, he came and found the lamb nearly drowned. The mother would not
leave her babe, but waited a long time until help came.

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Lambs are innocent-looking animals, and do not make a noise when
hurt. Jesus said that children are his lambs.

Little Foxes

Foxes are wild animals. They live in the woods and swamps, in places
where not many people live.

They are very cunning and sly, and catch young chickens, ducks,
turkeys, and geese whenever they can.

Night is the time when they slip around and catch these barnyard
fowls. They carry the fowls off to their holes in the ground, and eat
them there.

Little foxes are very destructive, and often spoil grape-vines. In the
Bible we read that it is the little foxes that spoil the vines.

This also means that our little unkind words and actions spoil the
peace in our lives and make us feel bad.

Let us be careful that our words and deeds do not make ourselves or
others unhappy. If we live to please God, we shall please God's
people, and we shall not have to feel sorry on account of some bad
words said or deeds done.

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The Squirrels

When the frosts have colored the leaves of the trees of the woods with
many hues, and the nuts have ripened and fallen to the ground, it is
then that the squirrels gather a good supply of the different kinds of
nuts and acorns into t