human
How deep are their holes, Father?
gpt
I have read that they are tunneled back long distances, and that many of the underground passages connect the mounds with one another. I have also read, he continued with a twinkle in his eyes,
human
A _rattlesnake_? cried Ruth.
gpt
Wouldn’t it bite the prairie dogs?
human
Well, I don’t know, Ruth, that is what I read; but my own opinion is that as the main business of little Mrs. Prairie Dog is to keep snakes and other varmints from eating her little ones I hardly think she would tolerate a rattler in her house. But come now, jump in, we must not spend any more time here. No doubt there are many just as interesting and curious things to see farther on.