THE WOODCHUCK’S PORTRAIT.
Sit still, Mr. Woodchuck,
As still as can be,
Till the picture is finished
And then you shall see.
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It is not every woodchuck
Who has such a chance
As this set before him,
His worth to enhance.
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Tom Thumb and Other Stories.
McLoughlin Brothers: New York. Ca 1904.
Elephant's Picture Book 
This is beautiful too but that woodchuck looks might grumpy.
Well, he is a groundhog, and it seems they don’t like to peek out of their burrow in the Spring. This poor little guy is up and exposed on the chair.
I thought groundhogs were bigger? Experts?
Elephant
A baby groundhog perhaps since it is in a high chair?
Oh that is so silly – so silly that I already thought about it being a baby – we must be right!
Elephant
Until now, I’d always thought of a woodchuck as being a bird! Is a woodchuck really a groundhog?
This is quite an odd illustration. There’s a keen eye for detail on display but what on earth is going on with the shading?
It is sort of a lumpy illustration – the little girl looks very odd. Yes, a woodchuck is a groundhog (I didn’t know that either). I didn’t notice the shading – maybe that is what sort of bothered my eye.
SO HAPPY you are back!
Elephant
This is a funny little picture. i wonder if woodchucks are kept as pets?
I don’t know? It makes me sad to think they would be. I just associate them with burrows, and what they do beyond that is a mystery to me!
Elephant