“They sat on the branches with their bushy tails curving over their backs”

“In a few minutes another and another baby followed the big brother and clung there on the mother’s furry back”

“The old mother manatee held him close to her”

“The old mother whale came tearing back to the rescue”

“Grazing over the upland meadows”

“Across the pond to feast in the woods”

“It was pleasant there in the underbrush of the woods”

“Now and then the fox stopped to listen”

“It was the father wolf coming in”

“The greedy young ones shoved and pushed and fought as if they were starving”