In the early August breeze a stand of slender yellow birch sways in New Hampshire As the 4 LIVING WILD
sun sets five skunks a mother and her four offspring emerge from a burrow on a hillside SKUNKS 5
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I n the early August breeze a stand of slender yellow birch sways behind a farmstead fence in New Hampshire As the sun sets five skunks a mother and her four offspring emerge from a burrow on a hillside Only recently have the young given up their mother’s milk in favor of grasshoppers and wild strawberries The skunks march through the grass the mother pausing occasionally to sniff the air for any sign of danger Under a thorny bush she finds overripe SKUNKS 7
