| 单词 | field mouse |
| 例句 | That meant he could save his five remaining bullets for serious security threats, though he didn’t want a repeat of the nerve- rattling fiasco with the field mouse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A furry animal the size of a field mouse, but with eyes and ears as big as a chinchilla’s, scurries over my left boot to nibble on leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Rabbits and field mice and all other small hunted that feel safer in the concealing light crept and hopped and crawled and froze to resemble stones or small bushes when ear or nose suspected danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They knit themselves together into a skeletal field mouse and scampered off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “How many field mice say that every night, I wonder? You know the call’s deceptive. It’s meant to be.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The small, leaping tracks of cottontail rabbits, the tiny tracks of field mice, and the feather-stitching tracks of snowbirds. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby, the head of a family of field mice, lived in an underground house in the vegetable garden of a farmer named Mr. Fitzgibbon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But these were not field mice or house mice or wood mice or harvest mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t get the captain to move. I thought you were elil and there was no point in staying to be killed. I don’t think I could fight a field mouse.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At night they slept in a haystack, so grateful for open air even the field mice and the ticks were welcome bedmates. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then an owl hooted softly, a field mouse screamed, a rabbit thumped, a dog-fox barked his deep, single lion’s cough, and a bat twittered above their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Havermeyer had grown very proficient at shooting field mice at night with the gun he had stolen from the dead man in Yossarian’s tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The place was infested with sting weeds and scurrying field mice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But they saw nothing except a field mouse, which came out of its hole and began furricking in a patch of seeded grasses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He found one beside a rotting log and drew in the thick scents of a colony of field mice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Havermeyer grinned and nodded and tried to explain how he dumdummed the bullets with a hunting knife before he fired them at the field mice in his tent every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Summertime, when children were sent to the fields to help plant and weed, was peak season for rats and field mice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Labrador did his best and tried to initiate the other into the art of frog and field mouse hunting, but the terrier’s eyesight was too poor for him to have much success. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They could all see the field mouse, which was exposed in a patch of smooth grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The boom from the gun startled Curly almost as badly as it startled the field mouse that was sitting on the tile floor, minding its own business. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the longest hair I’d ever seen, a cascade the color of field mice that fell to her knees when she took it out of its tight bun. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a winter house, such as some field mice move to when food becomes too scarce, and the living too hard in the woods and pastures. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the early 1850s, Mendel had tried a more audacious variation of this experiment, starting with white and gray field mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Not all the field mice move into the garden for the winter, of course. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The fields glowed with a gray frost-like light and in the dew the tracks of rabbits and of field mice stood out sharply. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me as though watching a field mouse develop the skill of speech. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Also known as field mice, these furry creatures are larger than house mice, and brownish rather than gray. Dealing with furry, unwelcome visitors in your garden It’s about a family of field mice who live in an old stone wall. What to Cook Right Now 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z And just what was mother doing out back with the field mice? Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Nowadays you might see deer, elk and coyotes, or hawks and bald eagles hunting for field mice. Comfy cabins and a mint-green river at off-the-beaten-path state park 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z What could be more important than finding and discarding the nests of field mice who overwintered in our cozy cabin’s drawers and kitchen cabinets? In coastal Maine, the perfect pace for self-quarantining 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z An adaptation of Leo Lionni’s picture book about field mice, it features a surprising narrator: the actor Michael Shannon. While Theaters Are Dark, These Virtual Stages Deliver Actual Fun 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z "All creatures must learn to coexist. That’s why the brown bear and the field mouse can share their lives in harmony. Of course, they can’t mate or the mice would explode." Betty White's best life lessons and funniest quotes as her 100th birthday approaches 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Its limestone walls shelter a protected species of bats, some field mice and a perpetual dampness evoking the must of the past. The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z “The Midnight Cool” ends, appropriately, with a series of animal images: a whip-poor-will; a field mouse; and finally horses, startled awake in the middle of the night, aware. Schemes of Mules and Men Propel ‘The Midnight Cool’ 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z But when they occur, the resulting abundance of seeds in the forest provides easily available food for various animals, especially rodents such as field mice. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Timber props supporting the roof shudder as Russian artillery lands in the near distance, and field mice scurry along duck boards. Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z “When we have electricity, we are alive. With no electricity, we will freeze like field mice.” In Northern Ukraine, a Different Sort of War Game 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Someone may have been watching us — a dusky shrew, a field mouse, a rubber boa — but it felt like we were alone with the world to ourselves. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z It's just a little more than 100 days before the midterm elections, and the Republicans are outwardly giddy and chittering like rabid field mice. With 100 days to go, Republicans are flatlining — yet somehow still poised to win 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z To understand more about the behavior of field mice during masting events, the researchers placed seeds in shallow mesh baskets to simulate mass flowering and seeding. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z When Nature Calls With Helen Mirren This new episode imagines that a field mouse is heavily into non-fungible tokens and that a bear is actually a divorced gym teacher. What's on TV Thursday: 'Top Chef' and 'Top Chef Amateurs' on Bravo 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z He showed his gratitude by bringing a field mouse into the house. Opinion | A snake bit my cat. Clearing out my bank accounts to save him was an easy choice. 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “If you had the equivalent of a little field mouse inside your mouth, you’d probably be a little concerned,” he said. ‘A true once in a lifetime moment’: Rare photo shows humpback whale trapping a sea lion in its mouth 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Kellie Kuhn, an Academy associate professor of biology, hopes to stop True North Commons to protect field mice from potential disruption. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z They then used an automatic camera to record the foraging behavior of field mice in different forest environments and in different seasons. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Stranded in the mountains, the party subsisted on field mice and twigs and a broth of boiled cattle and bison hides. Opinion | A foolhardy shortcut and a monstrous storm turned the Donner Party into history 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z We do know that some rodent species, such as pet rats, can get cancer, but predators typically end a field mouse’s life while it is still young. Comparative oncology: Man’s best friend is helping cancer treatment 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z I liked to try to decipher deer trails etched across the white expanse, along with coyote tracks and the minute dance steps of field mice — patterns left as they bravely popped to the surface. Oh, what’s that? Winter wildlife tracking stokes imagination 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z This suggests that the piles of bone fragments - mainly from voles but also some field mice - were the result of human intervention of some sort. Stone Age people 'roasted rodents for food' - archaeologists - BBC News 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The two species of field mice also behaved differently. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z But the governor is quieter than a California field mouse. Gov. Brown, notice anything fishy about your Coastal Commission? 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The prey can include rabbits, field mice, squirrels, rodents and even other birds like pigeons. Select few allowed to hunt with falcons, birds of prey 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z And if you were to weigh the Internet’s time wasters against its time-saving tools, it would be like an elephant sitting across a fulcrum from a field mouse. 5 Ways the Internet Can Make You Way More Productive 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z "At the start we actually thought it was field mice," he said. Carrickfergus man in court bid over 'rat infested' house - BBC News 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The large Japanese field mouse consumed the seeds where plants and bushes protected them from predators. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Yet, in their own backyards they are as meek as field mice. Nebraska’s Lonely Progressives 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Tularemia was also confirmed in a field mouse found in northwestern Johnstown and in a rabbit found southeast of Berthoud, both in Weld County. Human case of ‘rabbit fever’ found in Weld County 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Its belly was also full, meaning it likely fed on field mice or rodents just before it was caught, he said. White cobra captured in Thousand Oaks quarantined at L.A. Zoo 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z The dogs cooperate as a pack when they hunt a field mouse or a rabbit, possibly using their white hindquarters as signals. A Dog That Goes Way Back 2013-07-15T17:23:58Z The small Japanese field mouse, meanwhile, was more likely to carry seeds to another location even when there was protective vegetation. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Problem is that during my hairless days, I felt more like the field mice than the reckless rabbit. Living With Cancer: Living Without Hair 2013-04-25T20:00:02Z His winning image shows a red kite, with a field mouse in its talons, flying above his grandparents' dairy farm. Penguin power wins photo prize 2012-10-18T00:44:56Z Having the occasional field mouse sneak into the cabin fulfilled their life ambition to terrorize the rodent population. Green Blog: After a Year on a Hilltop, Balancing the Books 2012-09-19T15:53:33Z His researchers put small normal field mice in cages with big, nasty retired breeders, and let the big mice attack the smaller mice for about five minutes a day. Opinion: Why Fathers Really Matter 2012-09-08T21:03:01Z "There have been many studies on the relationship between field mice and seeds," she continued. The fascinating relationship between mice and a plant that flowers once a century in terms of seed dispersal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z But it reminds me of my girls’ boisterous rendition of the children’s song about Little Rabbit Fu Fu, hopping down the meadow, scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head. Living With Cancer: Living Without Hair 2013-04-25T20:00:02Z Mouselike animals called lemmings are snowy owls’ main food source, and the baby boom is sending young owls across the border to find voles, field mice, rats, rabbits and shore birds. Snowy owls appear outside Hogwarts 2012-01-16T19:26:33Z Activity and home range of the field mouse. A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas 2012-04-08T02:00:23.123Z All this subjected the field mouse to “a horrendous level of stress,” Dr. Nestler told me. Opinion: Why Fathers Really Matter 2012-09-08T21:03:01Z You might as well ask a small Czechoslosvakian field mouse what it thinks of America’s fiscal policy. Rossi Responds to Smith's Challenge to Prove E-Cat Works 2012-02-16T03:19:56Z If I had had the sense of a field mouse, I might have known that I was no match for such a man; but I lacked the sense—lacked it good and hard. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z 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 A. Ryder, and I have taken it in the nests of a common field mouse near Washington. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z By the time the torture stopped, about two-thirds of the field mice exhibited permanent and quantifiable symptoms of the mouse equivalents of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Opinion: Why Fathers Really Matter 2012-09-08T21:03:01Z The Cranes frequent marshes and are fond of frogs, field mice, snakes, etc. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z And because the now-overgrown field mouse population will crash, legions of ticks — some infected with Lyme disease — will be aggressively pursuing new hosts, like humans. Boom and Bust in Acorns Will Affect Many Creatures, Including Humans 2011-12-07T07:40:12Z And because the now-overgrown field mouse population will crash, legions of ticks — some infected with Lyme disease — will be aggressively pursuing new hosts, like us. Boom and Bust in Acorns Will Affect Many Creatures, Including Humans 2011-12-03T02:56:43Z And in the country, there are more animals abroad,—more squirrels, more field mice, more birds, than at noon or in the evening. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z The rich plain of Thessaly suffers from alternate droughts and inundations, and from the ravages of field mice; with improved cultivation, drainage and irrigation it might be rendered enormously productive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The long-tailed field mouse is the mouse immortalised by Burns, and is found throughout Europe. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z I have known field mice to dig down under boxes of nuts, enlarge the holes left for drainage, and spend the winter among the chestnuts which I had put away for planting in spring. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z I had a very nice visit, indeed: the field mice were so hospitable and kind. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z So it comes to pass that Robert Burns mourns when his plow turns under a mountain daisy or destroys the home of a field mouse. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z So he went and caught three field mice and laid them on a stump close under Bruin's nose, and then he bawled out, into his ear, 'Bo! Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z There are two kinds of field mice, the long-tailed and the short-tailed varieties. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The rate of propagation of field mice in country places, and the destruction that they cause, are all beyond telling. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z This he consented to do, when one of the young field mice offered to be his guide; and if I felt well enough, I was to join them after a while. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z Disgustedly James Henry removed the carcase of a field mouse he had just procured, and resigned himself to the inevitable. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z “No, sir, that’s no field mouse,” said Frisky’s nose, as the Red Fox Pup circled to windward of the tiny squeaking sounds. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z To test the impact of the chemical scent on the movement of striped field mice, the team scented one leg of a y-shaped maze. 'Perfumed' plant lures in mammals 2011-02-03T08:49:46Z The scratching of a field mouse, the chirp of a cricket—everything was full of life and promise for the future. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z It was to prove a temporary high, however, as Barkley missed three of his first four shots at goal and the crowd fell as quiet as hibernating field mice. Meehan frustrated by defeat to Biarritz 2010-10-10T17:15:00Z So they settled down in their several hiding places and remained as inconspicuous as grass burrowing field mice. The Law of Hemlock Mountain And so he finally trotted off to stay his appetite with field mice. The Adventures of Fleetfoot and Her Fawns 2011-04-03T02:00:18.337Z The fox gets the greater part of his food from the field mouse. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. They sang of brave deeds, for they had been field mice and they had died upon the field of honor. The Book of Gud Two bats came darkly by, with a business manner, having perhaps an appointment with some field mouse. A Man in the Open He had a dim notion that the dark field mouse had flashed past in front of him yelling like an Indian and that he had a sharp pain in his arm. The Underpup As they were sitting on the warm grass, wondering how long before peaches would be ripe, they saw a field mouse cutting up some queer capers. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction So with the great family of the field mice. Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt "Yes, you may well say that, as a clever man!" exclaimed the field mouse. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Several times she saw tiny rodents scurrying across the clearing, and once she saw little Sleeza kill and swallow a field mouse. Warrior of the Dawn In her white cap and bathing suit she looked like a pet white mouse in charge of a dark and aggressive field mouse. The Underpup I leaned out of my nest up there to watch a field mouse, and a ray of sunshine dazzled me so I tumbled down. Lulu's Library, Volume II The split was not over two feet wide by twelve feet long, and it was filled with gravel and muck, with here and there the nest of a field mouse among the tundra. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon She came at last to the door of a field mouse, who had a little den under the corn stubble. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series He watched a little field mouse that fearlessly peered up at him from the ground. Scouting with Daniel Boone No human tracks disturbed it, but the boys saw the delicate tracery where a small animal, probably a field mouse or a chipmunk, had left his spoor. The Blue Ghost Mystery Just then two little things hardly larger than field mice climbed the tree where sat the bird captain. Two Indian Children of Long Ago It was on the borders of a recently cut field of wheat, and it was doubtless some species of ground mouse, a common field mouse, I have reason to believe. Upon The Tree-Tops There dwelt the field mouse in warmth and comfort, with a whole roomful of corn, a kitchen, and a beautiful dining room. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Over on the margin of the pines the little screech owl, now full of field mice and having time to worry, voiced his trouble about it in little sorrowful whinnies. Old Plymouth Trails A new theory has been broached to explain the migrations of the Norway lemming, a variety of field mouse. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 He entered their camp as silently as the field mouse. Two Indian Children of Long Ago The boy elves made the most noise; they had captured a field mouse, a huge creature it seemed in comparison with them, and they were all trying to ride on its back at once. Fairy Tales from the German Forests "He is very rich and learned, and his house is twenty times larger than mine," said the field mouse. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The little island fairly teemed with big field mice and pine squirrels, and Stickeen went wild. Alaska Days with John Muir Just then a field mouse squeaked, and he jumped up in the air and said, “There's another.” “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went This gave her heart, and she went on more swiftly, till she reached a kitchen where an old field mouse was baking a cake. The Olive Fairy Book It had sounded like the scraping of the leg of an overall against a sage-brush, and yet it was so trifling, so indistinct, that a field mouse might have made it. 'Me--Smith' She carried it to the dead bird and spread it over him, with some down from the flowers which she had found in the field mouse's room. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series I kept with my own kind, and associated with the forest and field mice, who, however, knew very little, especially about what I wanted to know, and which had actually made me travel abroad. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Each one carries on the left shoulder a mouse brush to brush away the field mice. Rootabaga Stories I associated with the forest and field mice, who, by the way, know very little, especially as regards cookery, though this was the very subject that had brought me abroad. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Plagues of rats and field mice have been known to do a great deal of damage. Conservation Reader When autumn arrived Thumbelina had her outfit quite ready, and the field mouse said to her, "In four weeks the wedding must take place." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series His friend Lady Vere de Vere was at the edge of town, on a scientific exploring trip in the matter of ethnology and field mice. Free Air As far north as Canada and west to the Plains the meadow or field mice are found, and everywhere they seem to be happy and content. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The crows have been, perhaps, the worst enemy, after the field mice, of the seedling nuts that were planted out in the field. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 In Connecticut, we have three species of mice—the common field mouse, the pine mouse, and the white-footed mouse. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. "You poor little creature," said the field mouse, for she was really a good old mouse, "come into my warm room and dine with me." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The men who found these cosy little bedrooms think they are places dug out by field mice, and other small animals, for their own use. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Look at this young man, who never saw a jaguar in his life; and heeds them no more than so many field mice. The Tiger Hunter But he objected strongly to the weird hooting and horrid laughter of Solomon Owl, who left the hemlock woods after dark to hunt for field mice. The Tale of Kiddie Katydid I slip a little collar of tar paper over each little tree to protect it against field mice, rabbits and ground hogs. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 And Thumbelina did all that the field mouse asked her, and found herself very comfortable. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series These mice were of two kinds, the common long-tailed field mouse, and the short-tailed. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account A friend sent us a copy and we laughed over it hysterically, marveling at this transformation of two girls who were both as timid as field mice, into amazons. Land of the Burnt Thigh Rabbits and rats and field mice and all sorts of things may have been and eaten it. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story The floor contained knotholes through which the field mice and chipmunks came up to share his provisions, and the door, being a trifle larger than the frame, could not be closed entirely. The Dude Wrangler We shall have a visitor soon," said the field mouse one day; "my neighbor pays me a visit once a week. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series It is fond of small birds and field mice and is what may be called a meadow snake. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Second, that the field mice have an abiding hunger for pecans. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 He dined, instead, upon a fat field mouse which he caught napping beside its runway. Followers of the Trail But she was down upon him like a hawk on a field mouse. Patsy She did not tell either the mole or the field mouse anything about it, for they did not like swallows. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Miss Kitty Cat, who had prowled through the pasture on a hunt for field mice, spied him. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales Fever raged in him and his voice went down and down until it was as thin as a field mouse's squeak. Shelled by an Unseen Foe Then he played what sets the field mouse musing, and the cattle to deeper dreaming in the sunny meadows. Child Stories from the Masters Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of the Master Works Done in a Child Way They lived on rats, mice, birds, and the field mice, and were practically wild animals. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date Thumbelina had to turn the spindle, and the field mouse hired four spiders, who were to weave day and night. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Even you have known a great poet who could write about a louse and a field mouse, but where do you find a poem about an onion? Sermons on Biblical Characters I also eat grubs, worms, field mice, in fact anything which comes in my way. Stories of Birds A few small animals, the squirrel, field mouse, and dormouse, are store-keepers by nature. Chatterbox, 1905. Presently the old field mouse who lived over the way came out of her house, with a tiny brown velvet bundle in her mouth. The Silver Crown Another Book of Fables But she knew it would grieve the field mouse if she left her in that manner, so she said, "No, I cannot." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series They also resemble—I speak under correction—M. cervicolor, which is a field mouse found in Bengal. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Vermin,—field mice, moles, etc.,—sometimes make their nests in the tile and thus choke them, or, dying in them, stop them up with their carcases. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The little gems look so bright and green, so fresh and attractive when the snow goes off that cows and sheep, deer, squirrels and field mice will all try to collect them. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 Humble bees can’t exist in a region where there are many field mice, for the mice eat the honey, nests and even the humble bees themselves. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery "You are going to be married, little one," said the field mouse. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The engraving represents the field mouse, an animal which sometimes makes great havoc with the farmer's grain. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match So thick was the undergrowth that a man had to squeeze his way through and an enemy was as well ambushed as a field mouse in high grass. My Second Year of the War It seems to be shared by others of the same genus, as will be seen when we come to treat of the field mice. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 He is about the size of a field mouse, and often made us think of linnets and song sparrows as he frisked about gathering nuts and berries. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth No, that was one of the little bone tableaux, a field mouse’s dried bones splayed in an anatomically correct mystic hieroglyph. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town The field mouse, represented in the engraving, lays up a large store of provisions in his nice little nest under ground, which he keeps for winter. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match Frequent tramplings about the young trees also protects the trees from possible injury by field mice working beneath the snow. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 Our own imperfect but individualistic animal was a mighty hunter of field mice but showed little or no interest in the birds flying about above her. If You're Going to Live in the Country To me the best story of all was "Llewellyn's Dog," the first animal that comes to mind after the needle-voiced field mouse. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth European wharf rats, introduced about San Francisco, have spread the plague to the ground squirrels, and the gophers, rabbits, field mice, and other rodents are now being infected. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Among the field mice, gophers, rabbits, and such that thought this stack was a pretty nice place to hang around, were two hens that were of the same opinion. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue And since it was then almost dark, and a good time to look for field mice, he began his night's hunting right there in Farmer Green's pasture. The Tale of Solomon Owl A pestilence may have broken out in the camp, the infection, perhaps, having been carried by field mice. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria It is no doubt the same with those called spotted field mice, by Mr Stæhlin,5 in his short account of the New Northern Archipelago. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 As for me, I'm going to hunt field mice and ground doves from now on. Diane of the Green Van Among the short straw, left by the reapers, Samuel saw many birds' nests, and deep holes that had been dug by rabbits, field mice, and other small animals. The Summer Holidays A Story for Children Benjamin often dodged across Solomon Owl's path, when Solomon was hunting for field mice. The Tale of Solomon Owl At the same time the immense number of ants and field mice will render our crops very uncertain. A Source Book of Australian History Ranger, Ruby, Ben, and Nero scampered merrily over the landscape after anything that stirred, from field mice to serval cats. African Camp Fires They looked so much like field mice I was afraid that cats would make a mistake. Ma Pettengill She only very vaguely understood why it was in any sense shameful to have been raked out of the water-lilies like a drowning field mouse, as they had said it was. Bebee He has been carrying field mice and dor-beetles to them all night; and he has just paused for a moment to take a snack for himself, the first he has had since the gloaming. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 There was no more danger of attack from these cowards than from field mice, but their presence annoyed Ash, and as he dared not shoot, he threw his boots at the varmints. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days As from the darkness above drops the horned owl on the field mouse, as meet the tiger and the deer at the water hole, so it came. Where the Trail Divides I asked the man why he kept him, and he replied that they had quite good sport in the trenches when they allowed the hawk to hunt small birds and field mice. The White Road to Verdun The little field mice that had crept into camp were caught then and used to ease the pangs of hunger. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate She was shaking the nest of a field mouse from one of the side pockets. Her Father's Daughter "It's a nest of field mice," Harry told them. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country "Suppose we call the field mice," she suggested. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Queen uttered a little piping call, and in an instant a dozen pretty field mice had emerged from their holes and stood before their ruler, awaiting her orders. The Marvelous Land of Oz A beautiful little field mouse running past discovered that there were crumbs lying about and ate all she could find on the moss. The Lost Prince The primitive housekeeper exerted herself much to secure a variety of appetizing dishes; she even robbed the field mouse and the muskrat to accomplish her end. Indian Boyhood They liked neither the heat nor leaving the field mice, moles, and young rabbits of their chosen location. Freckles When you touched her she would be cold and stiff, like the field mouse. Mary Olivier: a Life Except crystal and dust and wind, naught moved out there; no field mouse, no hare nor lark nor little shielded dove. Bride of the Mistletoe On the Pacific Coast the golden jars of Darlingtonia californica, with their overarching hoods, are often so large and watery as to drown small birds and field mice. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing The field mouse loves this savory vegetable, for she always gathers it more than any other. Indian Boyhood I was down in the meadow looking for field mice one day, and met Mr. Fox. Mouser Cats' Story Miss Thompson's mother would be like Jenny in bed with her cap off; and she would be like the dead field mouse that Roddy found in the lane. Mary Olivier: a Life She taught us not to kill or maim song-birds, but said that we could kill and eat field mice or little blind moles, although we never saw any of them. The Nomad of the Nine Lives Some field mice breed on the surface of the ground in ill-constructed nests, and their young are certainly the most helpless things in nature. The Naturalist in La Plata The field mouse wants no better place to nest than beneath a large, flat stone, and the bumblebee is entirely satisfied if she can get possession of his old or abandoned quarters. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton I early became familiar with the songs and habits of all the common birds, and with field mice and the frogs, toads, lizards, and snakes. My Boyhood Of fruit-tree enemies there are some large sorts which may do great damage in short order—rabbits and field mice. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use The field mouse and rabbits are rodentia, the deer ungulata, the kangaroos marsupialia. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The eyes of the chief glittered like the hawk's who sees the field mouse scurrying over the ground far below. The Untamed In the cage next was a tiny brown field mouse. The Little House in the Fairy Wood But those field mice were different; they seemed inclined to take the very hair from your head. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 The massive, mighty trees were waving like a wheat-field in an autumn gale in England, and I dare say a field mouse in a wheat-field in a gale would have heard much the same uproar. Travels in West Africa Pat presently came galloping up the orchard, carrying in his mouth a big field mouse, which, sitting down before us, he proceeded to devour, body and bones, afterwards licking his chops with great satisfaction. The Story Girl Outside they have precarious chance for existence, for they are constantly sought by hungry squirrels and field mice, while the sharp eyes and sharper beaks of jays, and crows, are for ever searching for them. Moths of the Limberlost It made a small frightened cheep like a field mouse, and he wondered languidly if it were hurt. Ethan Frome On the Pacific Coast the golden jars of Darlingtonia Californica, with their overarching hoods, are often so large and watery as to drown small birds and field mice. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors To say nothing of two field mice and a broken-winged bat. Further Adventures of Lad Willie, the poet waiter, made a jump, swung his long legs over the porch-rail, hit the ground, and took after that Parker man like a cat after a field mouse. The Depot Master Even field mice, and many rats, and cockroaches have bones, though the roaches wear their bones outside their meat instead of inside. On the Makaloa Mat When he found himself again upon his balcony, dawn began to break, and a screech owl, returning from his hunt after field mice, passed before him and regained his hole. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Several field mice were basking in front of the dying embers of the fire, and two were sitting on his boots. The Breaking Point He was awakened by a faint rustling near his head and peered forth to see a couple of field mice playing about. Rolf in the Woods But the sense of being watched persisted, and when he looked at the floor the field mice had disappeared. The Breaking Point |
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