“Informative answers about the Wonders of Nature”—Anne Orth Epple, Nature Quiz Book, The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1950
Calf’s flesh. White. About 28 days. Mercury. Yes. In a wet place, swamps. In the Spring. Weeds. Stormy weather. Yes, they give off oxygen during daylight. No, this is a superstition or myth. No, this is a superstition. No, only the females. By the tail, but be careful—don’t swing them near your legs.
A place where birds are kept. A place where bees are kept. Food that is brought up and chewed over again. Blue. A school. The moon. The sun helps too, but not as much. A hoof. A web. A group of stars, which is shaped like a dipper.
The week that I arrived there was an outbreak, which put us all on edge, and I woke up with jagged breath at each night’s middle, wailing to my metal box that pinged my wails across the ocean.
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