"What! Would you slap the Porcupine? Unhappy child — desist! Alas! That any friend of mine Should turn Tupto-philist."

"The Deer don't dine When a Wolf's about, And the Porcupine Sticks his quill-points out."

"If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw a couple of porcupines under you."

"Maine should be pleased that its animal is not a waverer, and rather than fight, lets the primed quill fall. Shallow …"

"Any hound a porcupine nudges Can't be blamed for harboring grudges. I know one hound that laughed all winter At a por…"

"Never enter an arsekicking contest with a porcupine."

"And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine."

"Shy as the squirrel that leaps among the pine-tops,"

"Up the oak-tree, close beside him, Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo, In and out among the branches, Coughed and chatter…"

"’Spareth a squirrel that it nothing fears But steals the nut from underneath my thumb, And when I threat, bites stout…"