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1. The Wild Animals (continued)

   

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   152 a burrow.When the rabbits are killed the people eat them as food.The hart is a very swift animal lives on the mountainside.He eats grass, turnips and other things.He loves on tufts of grass and clamps of briers.The badger is an animal like a dog.,he lives in the wood and keeps his nest in the wood.He prowls by night for food.The weasel lives on the blood of rabbits. He is a very wicked and poisonous animal and his colour is brown.The squirrel is a frisky animal and he lives in the wood.His food is nuts.The hedgehog is a very thorny animal.He lives in the stumps of old trees.

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2. The Wild Animals

   

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   There are a great many stories told about the wild animals in the vicinity .The names of the animals are,the Rabbit,Hare,Squirrel badger,rat,mouse,weasel and fox.The rabbit lives on oats,
   wheat ,turnips,and lettuce.The
   rabbit is also great destruction
   to farmers because the eat and destroy their crops.The hare lives on grass and vegetables.The squirrel lives in woods and he eats nuts. When the nuts are ripe he
   gathers a store of them and
   when Winter comes he has nothing to do only sleep.The
   rat lives on potatoes,meat,and
   cabbage and mice also live of the same food.The weasel lives on

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