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  • As I coasted into the second half of my life, I decided that it was time to unlearn the woodchuck's lesson and loosen up, take some risks, face my fears and enjoy the fullness of life.

    A Year Without Fear Scott Adams 2011

  • Here's what happened: One summer, long ago, I was barreling through a field at about 25 miles an hour on my ancient Bridgestone motorcycle when the front tire decided to visit the foyer of a woodchuck's underground lair.

    A Year Without Fear Scott Adams 2011

  • The woodchuck's hole was in such close proximity to Mr. O'Donnell's shop that I could hear the bellows fanning his forge.

    Robert Lanza, M.D.: What Happens When You Die? Evidence Suggests Time Simply Reboots 2010

  • Sometimes it would be a cave appearing in the dense growth of wild grape and blackberry vines; sometimes a woodchuck's hole; a snake sunning himself; a branch of black thimble-berries; a baby calf beside its mother, possibly; or perhaps even a wild rabbit or partridge.

    The Fifth Wheel A Novel Olive Higgins Prouty 1928

  • I think the woodchuck's alarm clock always goes off before April is done, and he comes forth, apparently not to break his long fast, but to find his mate.

    Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914

  • "When the dog chased him he ran into an old woodchuck's burrow."

    The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • And this time what should he see right in front of him but the door of an old woodchuck's burrow!

    The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • And if it happened to be dog Spot, he always hurried to a hollow stump, or perhaps a woodchuck's hole -- or a skunk's -- and hid there until

    The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit Sleepy-TimeTales Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • At the other end of it he came out into daylight again; and he knew then that it was an old woodchuck's burrow, in which nobody lived any longer.

    The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Arthur Scott Bailey 1913

  • They don't pay no more attention to a 'No Trespassing' sign than they would to a woodchuck's tracks.

    Kit of Greenacre Farm 1911

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