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ORISKANY, NEW YORK.

I am a little boy, and I take YOUNG PEOPLE, which I like very
much. I enjoy reading the children's letters, and I want to tell
you about my squirrel that I caught the 26th of March, while
hunting with one of my playmates. His dog chased it into a hollow
stump. He put his hat on top of the slump, and we built a little
fire at the bottom, and the smoke drove the squirrel into the hat.
I carried it home, and a few days ago I found in the cage five
little baby squirrels. One of them died, but I hope the rest will
live. I think they will, for their mother takes good care of them.
I feed her with all kinds of nuts, and she is getting very tame.

ALFRED H. H.

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LANSING, MICHIGAN.

I think that YOUNG PEOPLE is a very nice paper. I am making a
collection of birds' eggs, shells, stones, and other curiosities.
Papa made me a birthday present of some minerals, nicely labelled.
I saw some willow "pussies" on March 21. Now we have robins,
bluebirds, blackbirds, and many other birds singing. We have a
great deal of fun with "Misfits," given in YOUNG PEOPLE No. 22.

JESSIE I. B.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I have been very sick, and can not go to school, so I will write
you about my turtles. I brought them from Kiskatom last summer.
There were five, but the smallest one died. The largest was two
inches long, and the smallest one only an inch and a quarter. They
are in the cellar, in a tub half filled with mud and water, in
which they buried themselves last fall. I am anxious to see if
they will come out again this spring. I fed them on flies and
earth-worms, and they became very tame. I am going to take them
back to their native place this summer, and let them go.

EDDIE W.

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CARDIFF, SOUTH WALES, ENGLAND.

I read HARPER'S WEEKLY and YOUNG PEOPLE in a subscription
reading-room opposite my house, and some time ago I saw an
invitation to English boys to write, which invitation I beg to
accept. You invited correspondents to write about their pets. I
have a paroquet. It was brought me by a captain. It was captured
in India. It can not quite talk, but I often think it tries to. It
imitates my whistle very