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    Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
    Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
    Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
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    Chatterbox Stories of Natural History

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Chatterbox Stories of Natural History - Archive Classics

      Project Gutenberg's Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, by Anonymous

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Chatterbox Stories of Natural History

      Author: Anonymous

      Release Date: August 26, 2007 [EBook #22408]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHATTERBOX STORIES ***

      Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Janet Blenkinship

      and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at

      http://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of

      public domain works in the International Children's Digital

      Library.)

      CHATTERBOX

      STORIES OF

      NATURAL HISTORY

      CARLO.

      NEW YORK R. WORTHINGTON 770 BROADWAY.

      COPYRIGHT,

      1880,

      By

      R. WORTHINGTON.

      New York: J. J. Little & Co., Printers, 10 to 20 Astor Place.

      CONTENTS

      THE KING OF THE CASTLE.

      A

      S the lion is called the king of beasts, so the eagle is called the king of birds; but except that it is bigger, stronger, and swifter than other birds, there does not seem much reason for the name. It is a mistake to attribute noble or mean qualities to animals or birds, or to think they can do good or bad actions, when they can only do what God has created them to do, and as their instinct teaches.

      The most powerful of the eagles is the Golden Eagle, so called because of the rich yellowish-brown bordering to its feathers. It makes its nest in the clefts of the rocky sides of the mountains, and seldom on a tree, unless where one has sprung up in between the clefts, and the tangled roots make a sort of platform. This the eagles cover with sticks, and here they make their house, living in it always, and not only when they lay eggs or have young ones.

      If there are eaglets in the nest, the food is at once carried home to them, and the skinning and eating done at home. Eagles are very attentive to their young, and feed them with great care until they are able to take care of themselves.

      ZEBRA AND YOUNG.

      M

      RS. ZEBRA, standing with her baby by her side, asks proudly of the lookers-on, Did you ever see such a likeness? and certainly mother and child are very much alike, striped all over their bodies, from head to foot, and from nose to tail, with the same regular marks of black. Strong and wild by nature, the zebra family are left very much to themselves, which is a source of great happiness to the mother and child in the picture before us. No! no! my baby is not going to become as tame as the donkey, or to draw carts and carriages like the horse; it is to have its freedom, and go just where it likes all over these large plains;—so says Mrs. Zebra, and she means it too, for if anybody took the trouble to go all the way to the hot country of Africa, where Mrs. Zebra is at home, and tried to carry off her baby, they would find their journey a vain one, and that she would kick severely, and perhaps break the legs of the person bold enough to take away her darling.

      MRS. BRUIN AND FAMILY.

      H

      IS is the American black bear, who is looking so lively and seemingly inviting the young folks to have a romp, which they will be only too willing to join in. The black bear is of a timid disposition, and seldom attacks man except in self-defense. The female bear is a most affectionate

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