![]() ![]() It is time to retire to your hibernaculum, a nest sited in a hollow tree and padded with bark, grass, moss and leaves, woven to surround you entirely. And as the night air grows colder all the time, the snout and feet feel close to freezing, your orange-brown fur providing only limited protection against the chill. Small as you are, even the brown leaves that cover the forest floor are huge, they cast dark and unnerving shadows, as large as you are or even larger. The days are getting shorter, as shadows grow longer: " The morning small / The evening tall ". Food, chestnuts, acorns and hazelnuts are harder and harder to find. Imagine that you are a dormouse, a very small rodent, living in nocturnal forests. ![]()
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