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...Leyelland, Tex., T. T. McDevitt's little buff prairie dog* sat on his rear stoop and scolded the children as they went to school. The children would stick their tongues out at him, for he was tame and scolded only because his mother and father, who were always running from rattlesnakes, taught him to. Last week he chased after the children, whistling all the while a shrill whine. This child's foot, that child's leg he nipped at. Then his jaws sagged open, his hind legs dragged a faint furrow in a Levelland street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dogs | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

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