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Rh for boys and girls to have a good time in, there are fish ponds. Swans and rare varieties of ducks swim here, and make their nests among the reeds. Gold fish dart about in the water, just as they do in the fairy gardens of Japan, and other fish live here and grow tame. These are public water pets, and should not be caught. The law protects fish also in a pond on private grounds, if they have not come there by way of any public stream or lake. These wild neighbors of ours should have places of their own away from the crowds and the street cars.

"Don’t kill or wound, or hurt any bird, deer, squirrel, rabbit, or any other animal," the law tells boys and girls, "within the limits of a pleasure ground or public cemetery. Don’t take away the animal's young, or birds' eggs, or sell, or knowingly buy any birds or animals that have been so taken."

After dark there is still much to do out in the streets for our dumb creatures. Your town is putting lights on automobiles and trucks and watching to see if the trains are lighted and the signals flash. We must hang red lights over holes and broken places in the road. The faithful horse who takes his plodding way home through the night must not be exposed to any unnecessary dangers. Is the lantern lighted in the road in