. The story of hedgerow and pond . Hedgerow Life hedges and bushes. The hedgerow tomany small creatures is really like aforest to larger ones ; in it they canhide, and live in their own way, andobtain food, without exposing themselvesto danger. But if you want to see and understandall the varied sort of life which is goingon in the hedgerow, you must look forit carefully. Half a dozen boys andgirls racing along a road after oneanother, and shouting at the top of theirvoices, will see nothing. For one thing,they are so occupied with their games,and talking to one another, and larkingabout, that
. The story of hedgerow and pond . Hedgerow Life hedges and bushes. The hedgerow tomany small creatures is really like aforest to larger ones ; in it they canhide, and live in their own way, andobtain food, without exposing themselvesto danger. But if you want to see and understandall the varied sort of life which is goingon in the hedgerow, you must look forit carefully. Half a dozen boys andgirls racing along a road after oneanother, and shouting at the top of theirvoices, will see nothing. For one thing,they are so occupied with their games,and talking to one another, and larkingabout, that they have eyes for nothingelse; and for another reason, the noisehas given warning to all the roadsidecreatures to fly away and run into theirholes and hiding-places until all the4. disturbance has passed. Even the snailsthink it wise to draw in their horns andshut themselves up in their shells incase they might get trodden upon andsquashed flat. If you only knew it,there are hundreds of bright-eyed, timidthings waiting for you to pass beforethey can come out to feed ; and Ishould think it very likely that theywonder sometimes why children makesuch a lot of unnecessary noise. Now, play is a very good thing suppose you have nobody to playwith, and dont quite know what to it is that you will find what ablessing it is to have something you cando by yourself, and do it better thanwhen you are with others. Suppose you come out for a winterswalk along the roadside anywhere, and5 Hedgerow Life pry about and see what there is to beseen. The hedges look very bare andbrown, and dont perhaps seem veryinteresting at first. But if they are barenow, there is at least the promise ofnext summers green leaves in theswelling buds. Look at that dead-looking twig
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