Nature Notes of the Pikes Peak Region

Download or read book Nature Notes of the Pikes Peak Region written by Lloyd Shaw and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...little fellow, when troubles come they come not single spies, a sort of cinnamon, reddish gray; he is not even successful as an auburnhaired beauty. A pair of shapeless, skinny legs, knocking at the knees, supports a bony slab of shoulder. A yard or so behind, the angular hips are held off the ground by a single loyal leg, while the other hangs in apparent comfort to one side, lurching the whole ship to the leeward. Between the hips and shoulders sags and bags the much-stretched hay receptacle, the real soul of the animal; while in front, the long neck droops under the mighty weight of head. What a noble head, used in all ages as the symbol of stupidity One ear stands at attention, while the other slumbers down over a large and pensive eye. At the end of the long snout the big, expressive lips quiver as they dream of a juicy bite of grass. The under lip hangs out a little, but we won't count that against him. Clap your hands and the sleeping ear stands up. The two wave slowly and impressively around like the magic wands of a fairy or the long feathery antennae of a moth or a strip of carpet flapping in the wind, and then relapse into sleep. Behind, he carries a tail, best left undescribed, and that completes his picture. But turn to this handsome gray fellow with THE BURRO head erect. See the stripes on his legs, which speak his kinship to the zebras. See the black streak between his shoulders, which is crossed with a lateral black mark starting down each leg. This is the trade mark of all burros, and is said by some to be the sign of the cross, symbolic of the flight into Egypt, when this modest and spurned little beast bore the King of Kings upon his back. Here in the clear morning light, as he holds his head erect...