... feet. It probably had never seen a man before; and it soon became quite familiar, and would run over my shoes and up my clothes. It could readily ascend the sides of the room by short impulses, like a squirrel, which it resembled in its motions. At... Walden - Page 351by Henry David Thoreau - 1882Full view - About this book
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