THERE are only a few things we can write about the opossum, as our paper is too small to give the varied habits and a full description of this interesting animal.
There is one habit of the opossum that we may mention, that may be of interest to our readers, and that is, when a man attacks it, it will roll itself up like a ball, and lie quite still with its mouth wide open as if it were dead, and many times they have been left for dead, and when all was quiet they would get up and run off.
Deception is not only to be found in that animal but very often children will practice it, too, thinking perhaps that it will not be as bad as telling an untruth; but it is just the same thing. The Psalmist said, “DELIVER MY SOUL, O LORD, FROM LYING LIPS AND FROM A DECEITFUL TONGUE.” Psa. 120:22Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. (Psalm 120:2).
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