"Opossum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that might go shuffling across, an opossum, or a snake going to the lake. Now are you frightened so that you will ...
— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter
... or Sloth, a singular animal of the Opossum species, having a false belly, was found by the natives, and brought into the town alive, on the 10th of August, 1803. This is a very singular animal; for when it ascends a tree, at which it is astonishingly expert, ...
— The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) • David Dickinson Mann
... Each grade or generation has its own totem-animal. For instance: Opossum, emu, wolf, bear, etc., after which the group is named. The totem-animal frequently enjoys great honor. It is held sacred with the respective group, and its members may neither kill the animal, nor eat its flesh. The totem-animal ...
— Woman under socialism • August Bebel |
