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A very hard, very smoothly glazed paper will scarcely absorb any ink. But a paper of loose texture, with a rough, unfinished surface like blotting- paper, absorbs ink just as a sponge sucks up water; and the water of the ink, instead of mainly remaining...
Whenever anybody sings naturally, it sings about its feelings. The birds only sing when they must-when their feelings find their way out somehow. The feelings that birds sing about are always happy feelings. When a bird is ill or miserable or unhappy it never sings....
The motion of the arrow through the air is a kind of power, and that, like all other power, has to come from somewhere, from the stretching of the bow. When the cord and the bow are bent out of their normal shape by being...
Animals and birds are all in some degree sensitive to the coming changes in the weather. By observing their movement, warning of coming storms can be obtained. Sea birds are good barometers. As stormy weather approaches, they leave the water and fly inland in search...
Have we observed that a dog or a cat never goes straight to a hearthrug and lies down? It turns round several times and beats the rug with its paws before settling down. Thousands of years ago, when these animals were in their wild state,...
The little creatures of the woods and fields that go to sleep during the cold winter months are very thankful to Nature, who allows them this privilege. This long sleep, or hibernation, as it is called, begins when the food of the drowsy animal becomes...
As a human baby expresses various feelings with its mouth long before it can talk, so many animals can express fear, joy, anger and many other feelings with their voices and their fellows can understand them. That is talking of a kind. Then, many insects,...
All animals that man makes use of or lives much with, can feel pain very readily and are capable of great suffering. Whether animals appreciate kindness intelligently or not, it makes a very great difference to the human being who treats his animals well. No...
