| 单词 | woodchuck |
| 例句 | But the woodchuck proved to be a mistake. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Weeds, briers, and the grasses told him there would be rabbits, pheasants, woodchucks, and mice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We watched a brown animal about the size of a woodchuck run silkily down the rocks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seen from a car window they appear as fragments, evoking memories of woodchucks, badgers, skunks, voles, snakes, sometimes the mysterious wreckage of a deer. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnny had seen the identical expression on the face of a dead woodchuck. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And a small animal like a woodchuck sat on each mound. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the meadow he had listened to bullfrogs, and woodchucks, and rabbits, even a few snakes, but he had never heard anyone speak like Tucker Mouse. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold had sent the woodchucks into their burrows for the winter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was as big as a young woodchuck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And it was wonderful to see how quickly she could drive the smile to earth the way the woodchucks holed their children. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Although bellowing that Beetle was stupid as a woodchuck and clumsy as a donkey in a dress, the midwife allowed the girl to help her into the cottage and onto her straw bed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Far off in a field a woodchuck ate and listened. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Groundhogs – also known as woodchucks – are one of the Keystone State’s "most widely distributed mammals," according to the Penn State Extension College of Agricultural Sciences. Groundhog Day history: How the superstitious tradition made it to the US 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z They can see squirrels, raccoons and woodchucks at the parks, but how often do they come close to a baby goat or encounter a chicken that isn’t cooked on a dinner plate? Spare Times for Children for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:19:01Z And there’s the woodchuck like at an Atlantic City buffet, from plate to plate to plate taking a little fruit here and a little fruit there. Missing Theater Under the Stars (Even the Bugs and the Rain) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z David Lynch probes a murder in Lumberton — “the town that knows how much wood a woodchuck chucks” — in this surreal foray into suburbia. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Frequency’ and ‘Designated Survivor’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z This South American creature looks like a streamlined woodchuck. Circus Review: Big Apple Circus at Damrosch Park - Review 2011-11-04T22:16:52Z David Lynch explores a murder in Lumberton — “the town that knows how much wood a woodchuck chucks” — in this surreal foray into suburbia. What’s on TV Saturday: A Tim Burton Trio and ‘The Essentials’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z It always seemed like exactly the wrong moment to abandon my Hudson Valley, N.Y., flowers and vegetables to the woodchucks, chipmunks and weeds to see someone else’s plantings, however sublime. The Bloomsbury Bohemians in the British Countryside 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z For years, we had a fat, waddling woodchuck who lived in the rocks back by the basketball hoop. Surprises at the Delacorte Theater and Other Outdoor Spaces 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z There are no woodchucks or deer, no Japanese beetles. Urban Gardening on the Third Floor 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z For example, ask Siri, “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” and you will get a range of sarcastic replies including, “Don’t you have anything better to do?” Siri, Tell Me a Joke. No, a Funny One. 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Today is Groundhog Day in the U.S. — where a woodchuck is tasked with a long-range weather forecast. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z These furry rodents, also called woodchucks, are in the squirrel family. Move over groundhog, it’s Armadillo Day 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z My first experience with the garden-erasing capacity of a woodchuck unhinged me when I was just coming to know rural life, as a weekender. Where to find comfort in times of turmoil? The garden and the writers who love nature 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Lightweight fabrics may discourage larger pests like rabbits, woodchucks or deer. The Year-Round Garden 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The seasons for coyotes, woodchucks, porcupines and red squirrels never close. Maine’s small winter game seasons end this month 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z A few nights ago, a family of woodchucks, genus Marmota, attacked and destroyed our entire kale and broccoli crop. Op-Ed: What Josie and I learned from Wilbur the pig, Marmota and life and death in a small garden 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z A Wisconsin man accidentally shot an 80-year-old golfer on Monday while aiming at woodchuck on his property, authorities said. Wisconsin man accidentally shoots golfer, 80, after aiming for woodchuck, police say 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Burroughs wore a coat made from woodchuck pelts. Where to find comfort in times of turmoil? The garden and the writers who love nature 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z We’d usually whip past so quickly that we couldn’t get a good look — “What is that?” she’d say — but I’m an expert, so I knew it was a groundhog, a.k.a. woodchuck, a.k.a. marmot, a.k.a. whistle-pig. Perspective | Groundhog day: You can add a woodchuck to the animals in our backyard 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z They roam the state, and by consuming mice, woodchucks and other rodents do far more good than harm. Editorials from around New England 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The devastation later wasn’t all from woodchucks, and Josie and I took note of this together. Op-Ed: What Josie and I learned from Wilbur the pig, Marmota and life and death in a small garden 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z “Paul Ryan says his car was eaten by woodchucks — we investigate” Back in July, Paul Ryan told an audience at The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. that his Chevy Suburban was eaten by woodchucks. 2018 in weird science, from alien conspiracies to sensory illusions 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z The lab, two nondescript buildings that abut a forest off a dirt road, houses 600 woodchucks, also known as groundhogs. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z A family of woodchucks made a home in the chassis and gnawed their way through the wiring. Woodchucks join the resistance and eat Paul Ryan's car 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The car did not weather the woodchuck invasion well. Paul Ryan says his car was eaten by woodchucks — we investigate 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z How to eradicate the woodchucks, the chipmunks, the aphids, the slugs? Op-Ed: What Josie and I learned from Wilbur the pig, Marmota and life and death in a small garden 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z The Verge decided to ask the tough questions: Did woodchucks specifically target Paul Ryan? 2018 in weird science, from alien conspiracies to sensory illusions 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z The owner, James Whipple, both traps pregnant females in the wild and breeds woodchucks in the colony. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He took it to the mechanic who found the woodchucks. Paul Ryan: My car was eaten by animals 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z So The Verge is asking the tough questions: did woodchucks specifically target Paul Ryan? Paul Ryan says his car was eaten by woodchucks — we investigate 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Police were called to investigate, and Chief Richard Tarsa told The Boston Globe Monday that officers found evidence that a woodchuck is likely using the flags in its burrow. Woodchucks to blame for missing veterans’ flags 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He goes on to say that the tiles have the personalities that squirrels and woodchucks would have if they were sentient, although he doesn’t describe what those might be. Ambien manufacturer wants you to know its product does not make you racist 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z And by engineering the receptor into mice and monkeys, researchers are developing new animal models for HBV that, unlike the woodchuck, are vulnerable to the exact virus that infects humans. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Increasingly, Mr. Roth spent most of his time alone in his 18th-century Connecticut farmhouse, returning to New York mostly in the winter when he grew so stir-crazy he found himself talking to woodchucks. Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Christine Maher, a professor of biology and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Southern Maine, is more of a woodchuck skeptic, however. Paul Ryan says his car was eaten by woodchucks — we investigate 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Tarsa says a similar incident happened in New York in 2012, where police linked a woodchuck to about 75 flags that disappeared from Cedar Park Cemetery. Woodchucks to blame for missing veterans’ flags 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Pollard says it’s unclear if the woodchuck was harmed or scared off by the fire. ‘Caddyshack’ redux: Bid to smoke out woodchuck burns 2 acres 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z As Gilead reported last year at a liver conference, the drug worked well in woodchucks, driving cccDNA down to undetectable levels, and now is in phase II clinical trials. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Monmouth assistant fire chief Ed Pollard describes the effort as “not the way to get rid of a woodchuck.” Man tries to smoke out orchard woodchuck, burns down 2 acres 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “So woodchucks hibernating in a car would be burning through more fat trying to keep their bodies from freezing,” she says. Paul Ryan says his car was eaten by woodchucks — we investigate 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z He fired his first gun as a child when he was handed an illegal sawed-off shotgun “kept handy for woodchucks and rattlesnakes.” A Moment for Movement on Guns 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Lawmakers responded with a 10-cent bounty on woodchucks but repealed it two years later after getting more than 100,000 claims. Bounty on groundhogs predates holiday in New Hampshire 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z "This may be the next drug that will be licensed for HBV," says Stephan Menne, an immunologist at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., who contributed to the woodchuck study. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Pollard says it’s unclear if the woodchuck was harmed or scared off by the incident. Man tries to smoke out orchard woodchuck, burns down 2 acres 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Supporters argue woodchucks are plentiful and their digging wreaks havoc across the state, destroying gardens and undermining building foundations, sidewalks and roads. Wisconsin Senate set to approve woodchuck season 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The problematic critter around here is a woodchuck that’s been destroying the garden. I Said Bring Your Own BEER 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The problem is that eagles and other scavengers eat the guts of deer or the carcasses of coyotes, woodchucks and other game shot by hunters. Bald eagle threat: Lead ammo left behind by hunters 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Whipple's woodchucks, which his lab infects with the virus to study its life cycle and assess experimental medicines, are also afflicted. The push is on to cure hepatitis B, a long-overlooked scourge of millions 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The Department of Health and Environmental Control told media outlets Thursday that the man was in Walhalla when he saw two woodchucks fighting with each other. South Carolina man bitten by possibly rabid woodchuck 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Hebl says he hasn’t heard any good reason to kill groundhogs, also known as woodchucks. Over objection of groundhog lover, bill passes allowing hunt 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z I also keep an eye on the woodchuck, which runs like a fat man. I Said Bring Your Own BEER 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The bill would remove woodchucks from the state’s protected species list and establish a hunting and trapping season for them that would run from July through December with no bag limits. Legislative committees to vote on Wisconsin woodchuck season 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z An 1897 article in The Washington Post noted that 30 U.S. states were offering bounties for certain troublesome animals, including wolves, panthers, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, woodchucks and English sparrows. Perspective | Remembering the time when California begged children to kill squirrels 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z He estimated there are hundreds of woodchuck crews in the Washington region, some with as many as 15 members, and that crews are aggressive in their targeting. Judge to fraudster who targeted elderly: ‘I can’t give you any mercy.’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z As pertains to theater, the Broadway spring season promises helicopters and gypsy cabs, woodchucks and gentlemen callers, French naifs sand New York sophisticates – a mix of serious art and candy-coated entertainments. What to see on Broadway in 2017: Bette Midler, Amélie and a chocolate factory 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z I might have put out a few cherries for the woodchuck, but we were pals. I Said Bring Your Own BEER 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Mrs. Conte said the fence was keeping out not only deer but also woodchucks and coyotes. As Deer Chew Up Suburbs, Some Say a Good Fence Is the Best Defense 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Whistle pig: a groundhog, also known as woodchuck. 'Sonsy' campaign launched to preserve endangered American words 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Suspects in such cases “are well-known among fraud investigators throughout the region as ‘woodchucks,’ ” Montgomery Police Lt. Judge to fraudster who targeted elderly: ‘I can’t give you any mercy.’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes, Friedman, says, these woodchucks are "asking other people in the neighborhood to identify the seniors in the area." 3 Ways Scammers Find You 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z He plans to send the woodchuck to heaven also. I Said Bring Your Own BEER 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z This Beethoven’s complexion is blemished by woodchuck holes. A Grand Rendition of Beethoven. It Takes Up a Million Square Feet, In Fact. 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z There is no closed season for coyote, woodchuck, porcupine or red squirrel. Most Maine small game hunting seasons wrapped for winter 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The three Maryland residents — defrauded of more than $100,000 — were victims of swindlers known to police in the Washington region as “woodchucks.” Judge to fraudster who targeted elderly: ‘I can’t give you any mercy.’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Wildlife, including deer, moose, bear, foxes, coyote, porcupine, woodchucks, hawks, great blue heron and many turkeys find valuable habitat on the farm’s fields, forests, wetlands and stream. Northfield family-run farm to be preserved 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to allow hunters to try to eliminate about 15 woodchucks from the cemetery. Culling underway after woodchucks topple cemetery headstones 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He planted orange flags, some to mark off squares, some to warn of woodchuck holes. A Grand Rendition of Beethoven. It Takes Up a Million Square Feet, In Fact. 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The woodchuck bit her shin, but she distracted it by throwing a pillow that was on a porch bench, then made it through her front door. Woman getting rabies treatments after woodchuck attack 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Fifteen years ago he said, woodchucks mainly were motivated to get money for prescription drugs. Judge to fraudster who targeted elderly: ‘I can’t give you any mercy.’ 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z He has been popular among progs and woodchucks alike, who like that he tells it like he sees it. Editorials from around New England 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Doyle says if he gets his hands on the wily woodchuck, he’s got the perfect sentence in mind: New Hampshire police to Punxsutawney Phil: Paws up, varmint! 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z During the legislative session, an Anchorage resident emailed a picture of a standing woodchuck and urged that the designers to modify the bear image so there was less resemblance. Alaska prepares to offer grizzly license plates 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The officer searched the neighborhood for the woodchuck, also known as a groundhog, but it couldn’t be found. Woman getting rabies treatments after woodchuck attack 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “This guy finds a woodchuck in his garage and so he closes the garage door and calls me,” he said. Battle Creek man has stories about pest removal 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Virga is short and solid, and something about his rounded shoulders, low center of gravity and root-beer-colored eyes conjures a prairie dog or a woodchuck. Zoo Animals and Their Discontents 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Last year, Garvin said, the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center took in more than 700 mammals, ranging from mostly birds to small animals such as opossums and woodchucks. Injured owl returned to wild in Virginia 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z She makes sure geese do not stay when they show up once a year, but her bigger job is to keep deer and woodchucks off the greens at the municipal course. On Par: Chasing Off Wildlife, With Course Etiquette 2013-09-02T02:25:59Z In 1869, he wrote that he would “prefer the society of squirrels and woodchucks.” In Brazil, Attacking the Forest to Save It 2012-09-21T14:45:11.390Z God made woodchucks to live on the ground, but they climb trees, too, sometimes. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He was pounding him away in the road with all his might, and a man came along and said to him, "What are you pounding that woodchuck for?" The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z He despised man because he saw the proud and cunning creature chained to earth, compelled to crawl upon earth's surface even as a sheep or a woodchuck. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Meadow mole and turtle, woodchuck and chipmunk, are recovering from a three months’ nap, waiting patiently in the sunshine for the season to begin. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z "Well, boys, we got in like woodchucks by the same hole we came out of," said Colonel Bowie to his men. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z You can chase a woodchuck or something else that isn’t quite so quick, and kill it!” cried his master. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z It is something like the boy who was found pounding a woodchuck. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Within a week he had taken a weasel, three woodchucks, half a dozen skunks, and thirteen rabbits. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Here the sleek woodchuck passes imperceptibly, the ingenuous cottontail finds his brief paradise; small moths fold their wings and sleep. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Woof!' of her dreams, she often lives again what I happen to be thinking of at the moment—wonderful runs with Teddy, the cocker spaniel, or the homeric combat with the woodchuck beside Simon Brook. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z I was hungry; I’d had nothing to eat all day but the last leg of a woodchuck that I knocked on the head day before yesterday. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z "The Country Life Reader" has a good story of a woodchuck named "Tommy." The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z The squirrels and woodchucks wondered at your clumsy ways in the wilderness. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Other wanderers from the tended orchard—cruelly sour plums and rouge-cheeked pears—growing among the cornel bushes, drop down for the field mouse and woodchuck their harvest of the wilderness. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Three woodchucks were noted at different times in hemlock forest along the lake shores. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z At the earnest of winter—whether biting frost or flurry of snowflakes—a woodchuck mounts his little moraine of trampled earth, looks about upon the saddening world, disapproves, and descends to his long winter's sleep. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Among other things it tells about the variety of residences a woodchuck has; and why animals that work at night, as all woodchucks do, have an unusually keen sense of smell. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z Everybody went; Billy in a blanket, woodchuck skins and turkey feathers considered himself a passable Uncas. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z A woodchuck may sit up and gaze at you across the barrier, or a bright-eyed chipmunk scuttle out on a limb for a better view. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z July 2 a young red-squirrel which had frequently been seen around the camp in the Cisco Lake Region was found ravenously feeding on the kidney of a recently skinned woodchuck. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z The country, he told us, was quite a wilderness when he first took up his abode on the mountain; and bears, he said, were as plenty as woodchucks, and destroyed much of his corn. Mind Amongst the Spindles 2011-09-20T02:00:13.677Z Every man to his taste," said I. "Some eat woodchucks, some porcupines, and others the tail of a beaver. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He saw the timid flight of wild creatures, rabbits, woodchucks, squirrels, sometimes a wily fox. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z This, no doubt, had been made by some woodchuck or other animal, desirous of finding a snug winter home. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z In lowly hut on mountain side, Eating squirrel, skunk and woodchuck, She far outlived the farmer's bride, Eating beef and bread and butter. Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut 2011-08-03T02:00:11.913Z The woodchuck and chipmunk have got on top of the world again. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z If they were out in a field on the Sabbath day they would at once bekum lawless, and fall to digging out woodchucks or hunting for bumblebees’ nests. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z Yes, I was watching for a woodchuck to come out. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z I wish he had told me to load it and go woodchuck hunting.” The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z But a hawk was all he saw above, an ugly snake was the only living thing he found among the logs, and a fat woodchuck's hind legs vanished down the most attractive hole. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The old barn was long ago blown down, and as I mounted the fence a woodchuck went scampering out of sight among the timbers. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Mr. Burroughs has named the place, in characteristic fashion, “Woodchuck Lodge,” “because,” he said, “I can sit here and count the woodchucks, sometimes eight or ten at a time.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z An animal the size of a rabbit or woodchuck may be killed with this weapon at an astonishing distance. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z I’d like to take this piece out and hunt woodchucks with it. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z "Nothing but woodchucks and rabbits, unless—" and she gave a scream that startled me. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Mr. Ruskin seems to hold that a house falls short of its highest usefulness until it has become a ruin; and who knows but woodchucks may be of the same opinion? A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The woodchucks and chipmunks, the blue jays and the hawks, all look in at me while I am at work. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The woodchuck and the pipsissawa were never to be any taller, but the silver fir was to keep on growing as long as he stood in the earth and drew sap. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z They called so loudly that the still air of that autumn morning was strangely startled, and the old woodchuck in the pasture way off yonder heard the echoes and wondered. A Little Book of Profitable Tales 2011-03-03T03:00:47.690Z A long time ago, not quite a century, however, upon a New England farm, a mischievous woodchuck was caught after much time and patience had been expended. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z The woodchuck looked sulky, and scratched his nose expressively. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z The marmot too, popularly known as the woodchuck, was to be seen on sunny days sitting up upon its haunches at holes in the hill-side. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z When the fir which was as tall as the woodchuck had grown a year or two longer, he made a discovery. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Up State he is called a woodchuck; down here he is known as a groundhog, except on Feb. 2, when they call him bad luck. City Room: Groundhog Days: A (Chilly) Look Back 2011-02-02T11:00:53Z Here they caught a last glimpse of the flying sentry dodging into a bombproof, like a woodchuck into a hole. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z On account of the woodchuck’s illness, and at the special request of Pigeon Pretty, the story-telling was postponed for a day or two. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z "Saving money is a critical part of SimpliCity and we're going to need every penny," said Bloomberg, who began his address with an introductory video of the Staten Island weather-predicting woodchuck who once bit him. NYC mayor threatens veto of city workers' wage hikes 2011-01-19T22:14:24Z He remembered his old friend the pipsissawa, but he had so outgrown her that there was really no comfort in trying to make himself understood, so he spoke to the woodchuck. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z I have seen deer in the woods doing many queer and unexplained things, but this fellow seemed to be digging a hole in the ground as does a rabbit or a woodchuck. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z Best of all though may be the new woodchuck spot, once and for all answering the age old tongue-tying question "how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" A love-hate relationship with sports television 2010-10-07T16:25:00Z The woodchuck stopped, and glanced around with his sharp little eyes. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z The first year only one plant survived the woodchucks and deer. A Perk of Our Evolution: Pleasure in Pain of Chilies 2010-09-20T22:09:00Z The first of these was about the woodchuck. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Deer, turtles, foxes, woodchucks, rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, moose, beavers, trout, bass, hawks, blue heron, eagles, geese, ducks, robins, blue jays, toads, armadillos, turkeys, otters, gophers, lizards, butterflies and even alligators. Twelve Reasons Golf Is the Greatest 2010-05-31T03:09:00Z Hundreds of thousands of golf balls are lost or abandoned every day in lakes, ponds, forests, wetlands, deserts, backyards, gardens, parking lots, cemeteries, on rooftops and at the bottom of woodchuck holes. The Burden and Boon of Lost Golf Balls 2010-05-03T02:31:00Z “Pretty sight, isn’t it, Toto?” said the woodchuck, bustling up, while the master of ceremonies went off to attend to his duties. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z It’s a case o’ woodchuck with ye now. The Girl From Tim's Place By the time there were five rows of cone-bearing branches spread out broadly from the silver fir, the woodchuck made a remark to the pipsissawa which is sometimes called prince's pine. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Miss Stella and I insisted on the woodchuck, so Bert sank back luxuriously, and narrated the tale. The Idyl of Twin Fires Although the woodchuck makes a similar den, one may be able to distinguish them, as a rule. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture “Oh, wouldn’t they!” cried the woodchuck in delight. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z For two months life at Birch Camp much resembled that of a woodchuck or a squirrel. The Girl From Tim's Place It was not the same pipsissawa, nor the same woodchuck, but one of his descendants, and his parents had told him the whole story. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Pretty soon they seen the old woodchuck’s head poke up. The Idyl of Twin Fires The skunk makes its den in the ground, usually along a gravelly hill-side, and it sometimes makes use of the den of the woodchuck. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture “Lady makes it herself, stupid!” muttered the woodchuck, who was out of temper, having just tried to get a spoonful out of turn, and failed. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z I have two methods for trapping them; one is to find a hole along some stream, an old muskrat or woodchuck hole is best. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The woodchuck was right about the fir; his trunk was beginning to curve toward the downward slope of the hill with the weight of the drifts. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z We saw at one place where a bear had dug out a woodchuck, and I should judge by the amount of digging he had done that he earned his chuck. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. "Nor yet a woodchuck, I hope," said Jonathan. The Jonathan Papers If Pigeon Pretty thinks I am going to put this place in order for a woodchuck’s aunt, she is very much mistaken, that’s all. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z In thickly settled sections they frequently make their home under houses and outbuildings, showing practically no fear of man and often appropriate the den of the woodchuck. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. In his second season, which happened to be a good growing year, the fir was as tall as the woodchuck and began to look about him. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z He was but a puppy then, his mother and the rest of the litter had been killed by wolves, and father discovered him lying in an old woodchuck hole. Hawk Eye You could no more make this farm shipshape than you could make a woodchuck look as though he had been groomed. The Jonathan Papers I have never been to a rabbit’s ball, and I should like to go so much! and I wouldn’t eat anything at all!” he added, seeing that the woodchuck looked doubtful. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Several other woodchucks and a number of red squirrels were seen. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 "That," said the woodchuck, "is on account of the snow." The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Woodchuck.—Before the settlement of the county woodchucks were not very common, a few living on the prairies as well as in the woods. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 "I hope it isn't a woodchuck, either," said Jonathan. The Jonathan Papers It 61 would be called a cucumber-wood pump,” suggested the woodchuck drowsily. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z A weasel was trapped in open beech-maple-oak forest at the edge of a cleared ravine, and a woodchuck was shot in the same type of habitat. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 But in fact the woodchuck spent the winter under the snow himself. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z These dens seem to have been woodchuck holes dug out and enlarged. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 Except for the lizards, the animals run to cover during the rain; woodchucks, rabbits, squirrels, are tucked away somewhere out of sight and sound. The Jonathan Papers “Did I understand,” said the woodchuck cautiously, “that the bogghun never takes his tail out of his mouth?” The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Larger traps took during the whole period one raccoon, one New York weasel, and two woodchucks. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 Local Wild Animals—Squirrels, rabbits, moles, hedgehogs, woodchucks, gophers, etc. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women The den dug out was an old woodchuck hole. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 Incidentally, we talk about weather and crops and woodchucks and trout, or bass or partridges, according to the season. The Jonathan Papers They were crossing a rough, uneven meadow, with trees and shrubs thickly scattered over it; and the woodchuck stopped at a large juniper-bush, in front of which sat a black rabbit. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z A few fresh burrows of woodchucks were noted at the edges of benches and of ravines. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 "I used to shoot woodchucks with a shotgun, sir," Sam Hickey informed the gun captain. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers With these conditions it has greatly increased and has become a pest, so that many townships in southern Michigan pay a bounty of 25 to 50 cents each for woodchucks. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123 "I'd like to smoke him out, like we would a woodchuck," he added with bitter earnestness. The Auto Boys' Mystery “This is a—a—a boy, in fact,” said the woodchuck in some embarrassment. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Another woodchuck and a skunk were trapped at different times in low willow brush on the banks of the river just north of the woods. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 "I told the captain of number four how I had plugged woodchucks back home, though, and I guess that convinced him that I could shoot big guns." The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers Fairly falling over in his desperate haste to stop himself, he clawed the turf wildly, wheeled about, and scuttled off into the woods like a frightened woodchuck. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life How long a woodchuck lives in this bracing air I don't know, but some of them are rusty and gray like lichen-covered boulders. My First Summer in the Sierra “How many ears has she?” growled the woodchuck, in a low tone. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Here trees slashed at him, there a woodchuck sprang out of his path and made him stumble with sudden panic. The Buttoned Sky Killed another woodchuck this morning; begin to feel as if we are getting into a land of plenty again. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Another was digging away at a hole that they alleged contained a woodchuck. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro Cathedral Peak Carlo caught an unfortunate woodchuck when it was running from a grassy spot to its boulder-pile home—one of the hardiest of the mountain animals. My First Summer in the Sierra The bear, after making his best bow, led the way towards the forest, followed by the raccoon, the woodchuck, the squirrel, the parrot, and the wood-pigeon. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z There were several woodchucks—fat, waddling things—living in the same gully with me, and they had been abroad for some days when I woke up. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear The full-grown woodchuck rarely leaves the burrow except to forage. Old Plymouth Trails Or did you stop at the woodchuck hole? The So-called Human Race To prefer the society of squirrels and woodchucks to that of our own species must surely be unnatural. My First Summer in the Sierra As he sauntered along with his hands in his pockets, he met the woodchuck. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z Besides the mice and chipmunks which I caught, I was forced by hunger to dig woodchucks out of their holes, and eat the young ones, though hitherto I had never eaten any animal so large. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear The woodchuck sitting by his burrow in the far pasture is a friendly little chap, whom I wish well. Old Plymouth Trails At times, concealed by walls of chalk, we walked erect, and then, like woodchucks, dived into earthen burrows. With the French in France and Salonika Not a woodchuck could get through them; Not a squirrel clamber o'er them! The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem Will that woodchuck be quiet, or will he not?” The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z The woodchucks were already asleep below-ground, and of the birds only the woodpeckers and the crossbills, and some smaller birds fluttering among the pine-branches, remained. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear But when the woodchuck romps back up the row nothing is to be seen but the smile. Old Plymouth Trails In the pasture there were woodchucks to be hunted; and even if he couldn't catch them it was fun to see those fat fellows tumble into their holes. The Tale of Old Dog Spot "We must go back," said the old man, "O'er these logs we cannot clamber; 125Not a woodchuck could get through them, Not a squirrel clamber o'er them!" The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem More likely a woodchuck’s hole, or a squirrel track. The Pines of Lory The squirrels chattered at me, and the woodpecker rat-tat-tat-ed, and the woodchuck scurried away, and I hated them all. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear On peas and beans the woodchuck holds his own, and he reckons as his own all that the garden contains. Old Plymouth Trails "I'll go up to the pasture and find me a woodchuck to chase," Spot said to himself, for he was in such high spirits that he simply had to have fun of some sort. The Tale of Old Dog Spot The woodchuck "holes up" in late September; the crows flock and select their rookery about the same time, and the small wood newts or salamanders soon begin to migrate to the marshes. Ways of Nature All sylvan things have a charm and delicacy of their own, all except the woodchuck; wherever he is, he is of the earth earthy. Under the Maples One enters these subterranean quarters through entrances which look very much like enlarged woodchuck holes. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone Probably it is said in England of the dormouse, which also sleeps winters, as does the woodchuck, though I believe lightly compared with our animal. Old Plymouth Trails He forgot his bone and he forgot his woodchuck, too. The Tale of Old Dog Spot The woodchuck is rolled up in his burrow in the hillside, sleeping his long winter sleep. Ways of Nature The woodchuck hibernates, also, but he stores up fuel in the shape of fat in his own body. Under the Maples Into this ring of fire a hunted man had burst, just as she had seen a rabbit and a belated woodchuck bursting. The Shepherd of the North The woodchuck is far too sound a sleeper to wake up on a February day, whatever the inducements. Old Plymouth Trails I've been chasing woodchucks and squirrels for him all the morning. The Tale of Old Dog Spot Even the woodchuck becomes very wild on the farms where it is much shot at, and this wildness extends to its young. Ways of Nature In the wilds our 208 Eastern species is as free from odor as a squirrel or a woodchuck. Under the Maples In mammals the size of woodchuck or raccoon, split toes on under side. Taxidermy I don't know nuthin' about necessity," replied the boy without stopping for a moment, "but I've got to get this woodchuck. Old Plymouth Trails No longer was there any fun in chasing woodchucks. The Tale of Old Dog Spot I have a few possums, a woodchuck or two, an occasional skunk, some red squirrels and rabbits, and many kinds of song-birds. Ways of Nature I have found that our woodchucks, when they "hole up" in the fall, are full of fleas. Under the Maples The common woodchuck is a grizzly brown on the back, chestnut on the breast, blackish on the crown and paws, and whitish on the cheeks. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The cocker spaniel had decided, like that boy, that he had got to get the woodchuck. Old Plymouth Trails The groundhog or woodchuck is the best-known example of the group. The Meaning of Evolution But the swallow was familiar, and the robin and the wren and the highhole, while the woodchuck I saw and heard in Wyoming might have been the "chuck" of my native hills. Ways of Nature He went nearer, expecting to see a woodchuck again; but there were these little foxes playing around. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad To me, the discovery of a woodman in the wadi were as pleasing as the discovery of a woodchuck or a woodswallow or a woodbine. The Book of Khalid Most of the gore and all the cries came from the dog, for the woodchuck fought in grim silence, though no whit more pluckily than his opponent. Old Plymouth Trails And then he had added that the rabbits and squirrels and woodchucks were likely to be his best market, for they were husking it for him, and not charging him a cent. Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Papa said there was no use for those hunters to come here last year, 'cause there's nothing bigger'n woodchucks anywhere round." Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The woodchucks must have burrowed out, and an old fox taken possession of their hole for a den. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad But I made a noise, so the woodchuck did not come out again. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly For the woodchuck besides being the original home-body is without doubt one of the founders of vegetarianism. Old Plymouth Trails They agreed it was the happiest day they had ever seen, and arranged for a grand woodchuck hunt on the following Saturday. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I was at a loss to understand why, for they are closely related to the "woodchucks" of America with which every country boy is familiar. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' One day, when he was out with his gun, he saw something moving near an old woodchuck hole; at least, there had been woodchucks there the year before. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad I was up in the woods a few days ago, and I saw a woodchuck go in a hole. Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I once heard a vigorous discussion amongst men who know the woods and the ways of wild creatures, as to whether or not a woodchuck can climb a tree. Old Plymouth Trails Red Angus picked up the barrel and carried it carefully in front of him, head up, that the sly old woodchuck might not steal a march on him. The Backwoodsmen A woodchuck motionless in the fields or upon a rock looks very much like a large stone or bowlder, yet a keen eye knows the difference at a glance, a quarter of a mile away. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 "THERE'S a woodchuck over on the side hill that is eating my clover," said Twinkle's father, who was a farmer. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Can you tell what the woodchuck does in midwinter and on what day? Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts I myself would not have believed a woodchuck could climb a tree of that size if I had not seen the photograph, and I fear there are some doubters in the party to this day. Old Plymouth Trails The woodchuck, having eaten his carrot, curled up in the sun and went to sleep. The Backwoodsmen Like so many woodchucks then, the residents kept within doors, or only stirred out to cut wood, fodder the stock, and shovel paths so that the children could go to school. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast She knew perfectly well where the woodchuck's hole was, for she had looked at it curiously many times; so she approached it carefully and found the trap set just in front of the hole. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The woodchuck is not a fierce animal like the wolf or the fox. History Plays for the Grammar Grades Every time the woodchuck cut them back they started something in a new place for his incisive pruning shears. Old Plymouth Trails Crouching, a little red tumbled heap, on the bottom of the bateau, she lifted up her voice in shrill wailings, which so frightened the woodchuck that he came and crept under her skirt. The Backwoodsmen The snow was full of tracks of deer, hogs, rabbits, woodchucks, weasels, martens, porcupines, monkeys, and ferrets. Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly So Twinkle lay down in the clover-field, half hidden by a small bank in front of the woodchuck's hole, and began to watch for the little animal to come out. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The woodchuck has a right to life, to food, to liberty, for God gave them to him. History Plays for the Grammar Grades The young woodchucks at this time of year are more often seen abroad, for the parents send them forth upon the world to earn their own living at a rather tender age. Old Plymouth Trails Yes, it was a woodchuck, and no mistake. The Backwoodsmen One September morning, before breakfast, Ned and Harry went woodchuck hunting. The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Then, with a start, she opened her eyes again, and saw the trap and the woodchuck hole just as they were before. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The first act will be the story of the woodchuck. History Plays for the Grammar Grades Mr. Wardle's fat boy with all his fame never slept as the woodchuck then prepares to sleep, however well he matched his eating. Old Plymouth Trails A measly woodchuck!” he shouted, with unutterable contempt expressed in every word. The Backwoodsmen Ned carried the bow, and Harry, the three arrows: and it was enough to make any wise woodchuck tremble to see them. The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Twinkle saw at a glance that it was the woodchuck himself,—but what a big and queer woodchuck it was! Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Ezekiel: Well Daniel I see that we have caught the woodchuck. History Plays for the Grammar Grades When the woodchuck is leaner he goes to sleep by drowsily sitting upright, his head drooping lower and lower until he finally rolls into a round ball and falls on his side. Old Plymouth Trails On one end of the hewn log which served as doorstep a preternaturally large and fat woodchuck sat bolt upright and stared to see who was coming. The Backwoodsmen It must be a woodchuck in the wall. The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Also he wore big spectacles over his eyes, which made him look more dignified than any other woodchuck Twinkle had ever seen. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Daniel: Father, we have caught the woodchuck and we do not know what to do with him. History Plays for the Grammar Grades The memory of my first glimpse of a woodchuck always reminds me of an old story which needs to be retold that it may point my moral even though it does not adorn my tale. Old Plymouth Trails By this time old Butters, the woodchuck, disturbed at the scattering of the Family, had retired in a huff to the depths of his little barrel by the doorstep. The Backwoodsmen Strangely enough no woodchuck appeared; and after waiting an "age,"—five minutes long,—the brave hunters decided to dig in. The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The Jack-Rabbit took a telegram from its pocket and handed it to the woodchuck without a word in reply. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The prairie-dog, found upon the plains in the West, is very much like a small woodchuck. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks No one to look casually at the woodchuck would think he was hard to get, but he is. Old Plymouth Trails The old woodchuck thought he had heard MacPhairrson’s voice, but he was not sure. The Backwoodsmen The nearest thing we had to bears were some very fat and friendly woodchucks, who at a little distance, sitting on their haunches, looked very much like small grizzlies. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm At once the woodchuck tore open the envelope and read the telegram carefully. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland When winter comes, the woodchuck rolls himself up in his nest and goes to sleep until spring. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks The woodchucks asleep in their burrows, the snakes, torpid in their holes, are as safe from frost-bite as if they had migrated to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Old Plymouth Trails Pulling a muddy carrot from her pocket she held it up to the woodchuck, which was nuzzling affectionately at her curls. The Backwoodsmen Why do the mice sing, and the monkeys, and the woodchucks? Birds in the Bush Well, well," said the woodchuck, as if to himself, "the foolish farmer has set a trap for me, it seems, and my friends have sent a telegram to warn me. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The woodchuck is about twice the size of the common rabbit. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks The woodchuck was eating second-crop clover in a hayfield that had been mown about three weeks before. Old Plymouth Trails The woodchuck woke up frightened and scrambled into the shelter of its mistress’s arms. The Backwoodsmen The lynxes and the wild-cats hunted and hunted and hunted, and found no prey; and it was well for the bears and the woodchucks that they could sleep all winter and did not need food. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals But now his eyes fell upon Twinkle, who lay in the clover staring up at him; and the woodchuck gave a laugh and grabbed her fast by one arm. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Does the Bear take weapons against the woodchuck, and shall the sons of the Bear make charms against their enemies? The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts A woodchuck can get so fat on clover that by November, when he retires for the year, he is as near a complete globe as anything with feet and a face can ever be. Old Plymouth Trails She sat up on the middle thwart, with the shivering woodchuck clutched to her breast, and stared about 60 with wild eyes. The Backwoodsmen That steady "chew-chew-chew" was enough to keep a woodchuck awake, and at last he got up and went to the door. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals She wasn't much frightened, strange to say, because this woodchuck had a good-humored way about him that gave her confidence. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland He had never seen a woodchuck, but there was a picture of one in his animal-book. The Doers That was when he had ceased eating, and so it is with the woodchuck. Old Plymouth Trails If Florida was good for David, it was good for her, too, and she laid up ever sence spring, as she might say, and with no more outing than a woodchuck in January. "Some Say" Neighbours in Cyrus My first experience was with by bros, George and Lee in killing a woodchuck. Black Beaver The Trapper "You might call it that; and then, again, you mightn't," answered the woodchuck. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland It's like the case of the boy who was digging out the woodchuck. A Black Adonis My woodchuck invented that sort of thing all over again on Hubbard squash vines. Old Plymouth Trails What a type of lazy contentment is the woodchuck, as throughout the hot summer days he lies on his warm earthen hillock at the entrance of his burrow. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year His drive from the eighteenth tee went kerplunk into the mud, and buried itself like a startled woodchuck. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Still holding fast to her arm, the woodchuck led her through the door, which he carefully closed and locked. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland In another five minutes he was peering like a woodchuck from his hole in the snowbank. Panther Eye The woodchuck can get no fatter than that on garden truck, but he likes it better. Old Plymouth Trails “I’ll try; but I feel like a woodchuck out of his hole.” The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range The woodchuck does considerable damage even though we have eliminated all their dens on our land. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 The woodchuck led his prisoner to a bench beside the fountain, and told her to sit down and make herself comfortable. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland While he, the brute, woodchuck her chin, And say, "Aye-aye, my lass!" and grin. English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. No, the woodchuck is not so easy to get. Old Plymouth Trails The extra lamp would certainly expose him, to say nothing of the pole; and it seemed to be folly to remain there, and be punched with a stick, like a woodchuck in his hole. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer “Yet he is a cunning rogue,” Lycabetta added, “for he has won the heart of the woodchuck.” The Proud Prince But when a woodchuck gets eating our clover and the vegetables, and spoils a lot, we just have to do something to stop it. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland It had turned in its tracks, and concluded to look for woodchucks in the corn-field. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life But I have never known a woodchuck to do battle that was not forced upon him. Old Plymouth Trails The cunning woodchuck, that looks out of his hole on the awakening earth and blue sky, seems almost to have a sense of the miracle that has been wrought. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk The dog that digs out the woodchuck does not drift; he digs and barks, and saws wood, and by and by he has the woodchuck by the pants, and shakes the daylights out of him. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 We don't eat enough to rob you," said the woodchuck, "and the land belonged to the wild creatures long before you people came here and began to farm. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The bears, raccoons, woodchucks, and chipmunks were snugly "holed up," and sleeping away the great white cold. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life But whether or not a woodchuck can climb a big pine he can go up a bean pole as far as a bean vine can climb, and return with the bean vine inside. Old Plymouth Trails Tommy described him, and was much disappointed when the man lay down again, saying, with another laugh,— “It’s a woodchuck; he’s no good.” The Candy Country He might lay by the woodchuck hole and drift all day, and the woodchuck would just stay in the hole and laugh at the dog. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 But woodchucks are not perfect, any more than men are, so you'll have to take us as you find us. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Rabbits, woodchucks, chipmunks, wood-mice, they all kept out of his sight. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life My last year's most intimate woodchuck climbed the bean poles and romped the rows of early peas as I have described. Old Plymouth Trails “Well, we can shoot squirrels and snare woodchucks.” The Candy Country Well, boys, I won't detain you if you are going out to exercise the dog on woodchucks or gophers. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 She was exceedingly fat, even for a woodchuck, and her head fitted close to her body, without any neck whatever to separate them. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland In summer Johnnie Green was always on the watch for woodchucks. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck The woodchuck has one other distinguishing characteristic which deserves reference, that is his ability as a sleeper. Old Plymouth Trails If he’s a raccoon, we can; but I don’t know about woodchucks. The Candy Country "Well, I swow, if your Uncle Ike ain't away up in G on woodchuck hunting," said one of the neighbor boys as they all sat around the old man, with their eyes wide open. Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy 1899 The young woodchucks were of several sizes and kinds. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland At the other end of it he came out into daylight again; and he knew then that it was an old woodchuck’s burrow, in which nobody lived any longer. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck My dear, when I lifted up those vines and brambles, what should I see but a hole in the bank!—a hole about two feet across, bigger than any that a woodchuck ever made. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls And if it happened to be dog Spot, he always hurried to a hollow stump, or perhaps a woodchuck's hole—or a skunk's—and hid there until Spot went away. The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit Sleepy-TimeTales This evening a neighbour's dog catches an animal called a woodchuck somewhat resembling a beaver; it is considered good food and indeed is to be prepared for dinner. A Journey to America in 1834 One little woodchuck girl rolled before her a doll's baby-cab, in which lay a woodchuck doll made of cloth, in quite a perfect imitation of a real woodchuck. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland And this time what should he see right in front of him but the door of an old woodchuck’s burrow! The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Well, this woodchuck was chased by a dog and came to a tree. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement He was an old woodchuck who lived in Farmer Green's pasture. The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit Sleepy-TimeTales Besides woodchucks they eat the black and grey squirrels, the yellow and striped are not liked; both are killed because they devour the grain, a large cat frequently catches them. A Journey to America in 1834 Huh!" sneered the lady woodchuck, looking at Twinkle in a very haughty way; "why will you bring such an animal into our garden, Leander? Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland “When the dog chased him he ran into an old woodchuck’s burrow.” The Tale of Billy Woodchuck He was up in the pasture, chasing woodchucks. The Tale of Snowball Lamb He hoped it was at least a woodchuck. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Then he went to work an’ wrote pieces for the papers about jay-birds an’ woodchucks an’ goddesses. Iole "And no sign of a tail!" cried the little woodchuck girl with the doll. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland If there was one thing he liked, it was chasing woodchucks. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck He left the woodchucks to scurry about the pasture as they pleased. The Tale of Snowball Lamb And she intended to tell the whole herd how he didn't dare chase a woodchuck. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Again, he performed a “necklace of precious sounds”—in other words, some verses upon various topics, nature, woodchucks, and the dinkified in Art. Iole "I wouldn't bite a dirty, greasy woodchuck on any account!" Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Any other animal would have taken to his heels and fled; but a woodchuck’s heels do not amount to much for speed, and he feels his only safety is in his hole. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers As for old dog Spot, he told everybody that he was going up to the pasture to chase woodchucks. The Tale of Snowball Lamb She knew that no woodchuck ever made a sound like that. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales To me the daisy, the mountain stream, the woodchuck 82 and my Art! Iole "I don't see anything intelligent about her," said the girl woodchuck. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Instead of giving chase to the woodchuck, when first discovered, he crouched down to the ground, and, resting his head on his paws, watched him. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Insist on the honor of your calling; and don't burrow up in the soil like a woodchuck, but range abroad like a deer, and soar on high like an eagle. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm The cows never paid much attention to the woodchucks, unless it was to scold them now and then for eating too much clover. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales Then there’s the lynx, and the otter, beaver, musk-rat, ground-hog, woodchuck, flying squirrel, skunk, marten, mink, fisher, hedgehog, and many others. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading The thing that bothers you humans most, and that's money, is not used by us woodchucks. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The woodchuck episode that afforded us the most amusement occurred one midsummer. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Evidently the Blodgetts kept the animal for its bark, for it did not have the pluck of a woodchuck! Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace But living as they did in the pasture, the woodchucks took a great interest in Farmer Green's herd. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales It is as if boys hunted woodchucks with dynamite. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 "A highly respected and aged woodchuck who is cousin to my wife's grandfather," was the reply. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Thus a friendship sprang up between the kitten and the woodchuck, which lasted as long as the latter lived. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers "If I understand aright," Dan went on, "you asked how the woodchuck manages to get to the bottom of the hole before he begins to dig." Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty Many a bit of gossip about some cow passed from one woodchuck hole to another, without the cow herself ever dreaming that folk were talking about her. The Tale of the The Muley Cow Slumber-Town Tales He explores woodchuck holes; he tracks real or imaginary squirrels; one barks and scolds at him from a high limb, and throws him into a delicious fever of excitement. The Chief End of Man She didn't care much for the woodchuck children, they were so wild and ill-mannered, and their mother was even more disagreeable than they were. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Finally the woodchuck took up his abode under the floor of the kitchen, and gradually relapsed into a half-wild state. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers "Darrin," he said, "can you tell me why it is that a woodchuck never leaves any dirt heaped up around the edge of his hole?" Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty The bear, woodchuck, skunk, raccoon and chipmunk, fat from their summer feeding, had retired to den or hollow tree where they were to sleep snugly through the cold months. Followers of the Trail The black put his foot in a hole,—a woodchuck's burrow,—stumbled, pitched forward, and threw Peggy heavily to the ground. Three Margarets There was no living thing in sight—not even a woodchuck—and Twinkle didn't care much for the baked-clay scenery. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland He was the smallest woodchuck I had ever seen, not much larger than a large rat. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Little Purr was caught in a trap, set for a woodchuck, and so hurt she had to be gently chloroformed out of life. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. How could a rat and a woodchuck be related? Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories If I expressed a wish to have a pair of young squirrels for pets, they were sure to be obtained, just as the raccoon was, and the woodchuck. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah In the middle of the room sat a woodchuck whose hair was grizzled with old age. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland In July the woodchuck was forgotten in our interest in a little gray rabbit which we found nearly famished. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers A woodchuck and two pheasants were the trophies. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen Soon they came within sight of game, squirrels, woodchucks; and many familiar varieties of birds were seen on all sides. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island “Oh no, father,” I said, “Pomp will be guide enough; I believe he often steals off to go long distances into the forest after woodchucks and squirrels.” Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah "By good chance I have been able to capture one of those fierce humans that are the greatest enemies of peaceful woodchucks." Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Notes on the smaller, more common mammals,—the squirrels, the woodchuck, the rabbit and hare, the skunk, the fox, the weasel, etc.,—compiled by the author from his writings, with some interesting new matter. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers Just over the line of stone wall in the orchard a woodchuck comes hesitatingly out of his hole and goes nibbling in the grass not fifty feet away. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers So long have I worn English shirts that even now I find myself crawling into the American brand after the manner of the woodchuck burrowing into his hole. Europe After 8:15 About noon, Andy found himself upon an old disused and overgrown road, that for years had been traveled only by rabbits and skunks and woodchucks and deer. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story "It's interesting to see and hear woodchucks in their own homes, and Mister Woodchuck has shown me how cruel it is for us to set traps for you." Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland He approached it, and found it to be an old woodchuck with a young one in her mouth. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers He will hardly be out before March, and then, like his big brother rodent the woodchuck, and other winter sleepers, his fancy will quickly "turn to thoughts of love." The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers Indeed, some animals, like woodchucks, bears, and marmots, will go to sleep in the fall, and sleep right on through to spring without eating a mouthful. A Handbook of Health Some of these casualties were due to dry weather, rabbits and woodchucks, but the major part were due to unsuitable soil conditions. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933 Twinkle could see that it was just like the trap papa had set to catch the woodchucks, only it seemed much bigger and stronger. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland We took the youngster home, and my little boy was delighted over the prospect of a tame woodchuck. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers One would see the woodchuck asleep in his burrow, snugly rolled up and living on his own fat. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers With a woodchuck, a raccoon, or anything of their size—even a skunk, which many dogs avoid—he engages, with the same readiness that he will a rat. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings We had begun to doubt whether we would find anything there larger than a woodchuck. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's "Did your father care whether a woodchuck got its leg broken or not?" asked the judge. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Lighting a match, I had a glimpse of him sitting up on his haunches like a woodchuck, confronting his enemies. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers The eggs of the grouse or partridge failed to hatch; even woodchucks were lean and scarce. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know His nest is rather large, and nicely lined with dry grass and leaves, which serve as a carpet for the young woodchucks when they come into the world. The Human Side of Animals He lost his balance and went sprawling to the ground, another quick, excruciating twinge accompanying his fall, and lay there on the soggy ground like a woodchuck in a trap. Tom Slade's Double Dare She was lying in the clover, and before her was the opening of the woodchuck's hole, with the trap still set before it. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland There was an old mongrel dog at my heels wherever I went, and together we hunted woodchucks and squirrels without a gun. Confessions of Boyhood He would trail for hours without giving tongue, and would patiently lie and wait for a glimpse of a venturesome woodchuck or squirrel. The Tangled Threads So for a while they thrashed around in the bush, accomplishing very little besides scaring some rabbits and woodchucks into their holes. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run The politician, burrowing like a woodchuck, showered him with red earth. The Henchman "PAPA," said Twinkle, when supper was over and she was nestled snugly in his lap, "I wish you wouldn't set any more traps for the woodchucks." Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland In winter he always wore a long woolen frock made by his wife, and a cap of woodchuck skin. Confessions of Boyhood When it came he was as happy as a woodchuck. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists The game grows scarce, and my greatest vexation is that every now and then, when I think I have got a fox or a beaver, it turns out to be a woodchuck or a muskrat. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter As for pulling a woodchuck out of its hole by the tail, the only trouble is to get hold of the tail. The Last Harvest "But if I don't trap the woodchucks they eat our clover and vegetables." Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland "I haven't any time to waste over that musical woodchuck!" she shouted, and bounced out of the tent. In Search of the Unknown There is not much in the way of rabbits and woodchucks and chickens up there, but I'll keep on spending most of my time down here. Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox He is just a dog, a little roughish-haired mixed Scotch-and-Irish terrier, not big enough yet to wrestle with a woodchuck, but able to shake our affections as he shakes a rat. The Hills of Hingham Dig out a woodchuck—for that has nothing to do with rotting institutions. The Last Harvest God made the woodchucks, you know, just as He made us, and they can't plant and grow things as we do; so they have to take what they can get, or starve to death. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland But she laughed hatefully and declared it was a woodchuck. In Search of the Unknown And then the woodchuck learned to be unafraid. Some Summer Days in Iowa "I should like to see a woodchuck," said Oscar; "what do they look like?" Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way I thought it was a woodchuck, and instead of that it's a boy. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel And that evening, after Twinkle had been tucked snugly away in bed, her father walked slowly through the sweet-smelling fields to the woodchuck's hole; there lay the trap, showing plainly in the bright moonlight. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland What do those who live beyond the limits of cities and sophisticated villages gain by hanging their crane with the rabbits and woodchucks? If You're Going to Live in the Country A persistent fly, a slap, and the woodchuck hears. Some Summer Days in Iowa The heavy-jowled man who had taken the adventure as a jest at first, and who had rolled himself in his great coat like a hibernating woodchuck, unloosed his voice in a rumble of joy. The Courage of Marge O'Doone By the way, where are the poor deluded woodchucks, muskrats, and Old Settlers, who told us we were to bask in mild etherialness all winter long? The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Red and gray foxes, raccoons, opossums, woodchucks, squirrels, hares and smaller animals are quite general. History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia Let me catch him within pistol shot of me, and I'll pop him over as I would a woodchuck. Tempest and Sunshine On a certain high grassy knoll I should find the woodchuck sunning himself and he would run towards his same old hole beneath the basswood tree, just as he does today. Some Summer Days in Iowa He barked louder than ever at the sight of the woodchuck, and pawed at the dirt with his fore paws. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While The woodchuck is a clumsy looking animal, and anything but active in its movements. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "If they were badgers, or even woodchucks, you couldn't drive him at them." The Voyage of the Rattletrap He was making arrows while they went to look for squirrels and woodchucks, and when they could find none they killed their father. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan It was a brown setter, and Madge knew he was probably hunting for woodchucks. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid The fox, woodchuck, or whatever it is under my box," said Bunny Brown, "can't see which way he's going. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While The woodchuck is found throughout nearly the whole of the United States, and is especially abundant in New England, where it is a decided nuisance. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He called to me excitedly to take the dog to the other side of the brush-heap, for the woodchuck was slipping through that way! A Man and a Woman There are few wild parents less given to spoiling their young than a pair of grumbling old woodchucks. Children of the Wild The capture of the woodchuck, forms one of the most exciting sports of boys, and it is very easily domesticated. Frank and Fanny The woodchuck had just pinched him to drive him away. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While For the capture of woodchucks, muskrats and house-rats, the wire noose may also be adapted to good purpose. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making And then followed other animals that couldn't run so fast—such as raccoons, and skunks, and woodchucks. The Tale of Cuffy Bear The old woodchuck's body was chill and rigid. Children of the Wild They don't pay no more attention to a 'No Trespassing' sign than they would to a woodchuck's tracks. Kit of Greenacre Farm Could the woodchucks be getting so close to the house as that? The Brimming Cup Many a woodchuck has been secured by the aid of this simple invention. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Yes; after I got the work started again with a new set of timbers, I spent three or four days on the ground digging for information like a dog after a woodchuck. The Taming of Red Butte Western "No sensible person wants a fool woodchuck biting his legs." Children of the Wild They had scarcely entered the long lane leading to the pasture, when a woodchuck shambled out of the corner of the fence and ran lumbering into his burrow. The Redemption of David Corson For a moment the woodchuck and I stood motionless, he studying the situation. Roof and Meadow The prong-horn antelope of the Western plains is another favorite food-animal with hunters, and the various "small game," such as squirrels, rabbits, woodchucks, etc., are by no means to be despised. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "Pot that woodchuck," shouts Captain Grout to one of his men. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin The old woodchuck had a solid grip and was pulling with all his might in the other direction. Children of the Wild His nimble hands flew at the pages like a dog at a woodchuck hole. Copper Streak Trail If the woodchucks should come, all of them, it would be extremely interesting—an event worth many peaches. Roof and Meadow The woodchuck is an expert excavator, and where the animals exist in large numbers great damage is done by their united burrowing. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making No doubt this all-American Tomato Rabbit with brown sugar was named after the native woodchuck, in playful imitation of the Scotch Woodcock above. The Complete Book of Cheese Here he came upon a very old, moth-eaten, feeble-looking woodchuck, who was very busy in a half-hearted way digging himself a hole. Children of the Wild But all we ever saw for our pains was a squirrel or perhaps a woodchuck looking around fearfully, too. Through stained glass I had stuffed and rammed the rocks into it, and buried deep in its mouth the body of another woodchuck that my neighbor's dog had killed. Roof and Meadow The flesh of the woodchuck is by many much esteemed as food, particularly in the Fall. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He recalled, with peculiar pain, a woodchuck that he had penned up as a boy, and he hoped with extraordinary passion that the poor beast had made another hole. The Fortieth Door When he came back that way, a few hours later, he found the old woodchuck still in exactly the same position as before. Children of the Wild Then we came to a dug-out door—in fact, several, as Fritz, like a woodchuck, always has more than one entrance to his burrow. A Yankee in the Trenches There are woodchucks that you can discourage and there are those that you can't. Roof and Meadow The woodchuck or marmot is a huge, lumbering, squirrel-like animal in the rocky regions, wholly terrestrial and feeding chiefly on roots and grass. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter All the rival campers had were two rabbits and a small woodchuck that was of no account. Four Boy Hunters He felt sure that young woodchuck would be very good to eat. Children of the Wild Directly over his head, soaring high over the trees, was one of the great birds, evidently in search of prey: perhaps an unwary rabbit, squirrel, or fat woodchuck, for breakfast. The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey They would be bitter peaches on that tree if they cost the woodchuck what I have seen more than one woodchuck suffer in the horrible jaws of such a trap. Roof and Meadow One day he came in with a woodchuck skin and told the girls to fill it with wild wheat flour. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter But the woodchuck turned in long ago, and will not be out till April. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) At last, after perhaps three or four minutes—which seemed to the dog much longer—the old woodchuck decided to leave go. Children of the Wild If the woodchuck stirs up his banked life-fire and ventures forth, he will not see his shadow, and must straightway arrange with winter for a rebate in our favour. People of the Whirlpool Besides, I have been known to fire and miss a woodchuck, anyway. Roof and Meadow Some observers have referred to it as a rat, but it climbs trees and grows to the size of a woodchuck, or groundhog. Cuba, Old and New You feel as though you would like nothing in the world so much as to be suddenly transformed into a woodchuck and have a convenient hole. Fighting in Flanders She was different from the ordinary run of woodchucks, in that she had only three feet. Children of the Wild "While I'm at it," he said and began taking out carvings and putting them on the table—more horses, deer, squirrels, birds of all kinds, a woodchuck. Michelangelo's Shoulder Did you ever wait with a gun until a woodchuck came out of his hole? Roof and Meadow And he knew that Heeney had grubbed and eaten and burrowed his way, like a woodchuck, to the very heart of the First National Trust's wealth. Stories from Everybody's Magazine It reminded me of woodchucks coming out of their holes. Fighting in Flanders Young Grumpy did not think it was any sort of a hole for a woodchuck, but the old fellow seemed satisfied with it. Children of the Wild Sterry, pacing about like a caged woodchuck, launched into a tirade about silly Sunday-school notions, and, by a transition which I did not grasp, passed to a review of the general subject of woman's suffrage. Dear Enemy It was while thinking what I could do next that I came down the row of young peach-trees and spied the woodchuck out in the orchard, fifty yards away from his hole. Roof and Meadow He was so genuine and unsophisticated that no introduction would serve to introduce him, more than if you introduced a woodchuck to your neighbor. Walden He wanted to know if there was still a woodchuck's hole under the pile of rocks in the night pasture—and there is! Daddy-Long-Legs The mother of the woodchuck family," went on Uncle Andy, "was not so cross as the father, but she was very careless. Children of the Wild She told a story about a woodchuck which fairly brought down the house. The Damnation of Theron Ware The woodchuck kept his thoughts in his head. Roof and Meadow |
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