With that special appeal of small, familiar creatures they draw nonreaders into a story.

It was a familiar creature, a relative, an animate partner.

The head and snout alone bear some superficial likeness to those of that familiar creature.

It was more like a crab than any other familiar creature, but one doesn't usually think of a crab as an animal.

But for such a familiar creature, the earthworm has in many ways been an object of mystery to scientists.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.

Longtusk didn't like to admit to himself how pleased he was to see a familiar creature.

"Yes, that's its nature: to be like a familiar creature, so that no one will hurt it."

Slowly, he looked into other cages, seeing distortions of familiar creatures that made him sick.

Through the eyes of our familiar creatures.