RATS AND MICE.
The teeth of rats and mice grow- very rapidly ; they are kept short by the constant gnawing. A rat once lost a tooth, and the opposite tooth having no companion to wear off its edge, grew so long that it nearly filled the mouth. The rat consequently died. A lady while cleaning house found on the floor a large number of needles and several pieces of the covering of a pin-cushion. The mice had gnawed their way into the cushion, and had eaten all the meal with which it was filled.
Kats and mice take a taste of everything they find. They will even eat soap. A child once placed in the attic a large bouquet of grain. On going for it, she found that it had furnished the rats with a fine feast. She also found that the rats had carried off many of her doll’s dresses. Did they dress their babies in them ? And under the floor was a tiny cup. Had they eaten their grain from that ?
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 8, 20 February 1892, Page 191
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173RATS AND MICE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 8, 20 February 1892, Page 191
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