"The rabbit too lives under the ground, but only to be safe from its enemies. It must come out to get its food. This little animal, the mole, is born underground, he lives, eats, drinks, works, and, I daresay, dies there.""How can he feed under the ground?" asked Norah. "What does he live on?""He is a fierce, hungry, little hunter," said Fred, "and rabbits" food would not do for him. He catches little animals and eats them.""But what animals can he find in the earth?" asked Norah. "oh, I suppose you mean worms andbeetles and things of that sort. I have found them in my garden when I have been digging.""That"s right," said Willie, "they are the mole"s food.""Now look what I"ve got," said Fred. "This is a mole that has been dried and stuffed. Father got it for us.
"Look at the shape of his body. It is short, thick, and rounded, with a pointed snout and very shortlegs, just the sort of body for boring tunnels in the earth.
