Did you ever see a tree-tud, mi christian friends? If yu didn't, cum
with me next July, and i will sho yu one.
Morrally konsidered, they are like enny other tud, physikally they aint.
They are about the size ov an old-fashioned 25 cent piece, a hed on one
side ov them, and a tail on the other.
They are the only tuds that kan klimb with enny degree of alakrity, and
are the only ones that kan sing like a tea-kittle when she is cooking
water.
Tree-tuds, when they are on a tree, or on the top rale ov a phence, hav
the faculty ov disguising their personal looks, and appearing exactly
like the spot where they set.
I have often put mi hand on them in getting over a phence. They wont
bight nor jaw back, but they feal az raw and kold az the yelk ov an egg.
The tree-tud livs upon flies and sitch like vittles, but if they dont
git enny thing tew eat, they dont strike for higher wages.
A tree-tud will liv all summer on a south wind, with an ockashional drop
ov dew to wet hiz song.
They kan outdiet any bug or jumping thing i kno ov.