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considerable time and except when she moved he never took his 

 eyes from her. She finally grew restive under his scrutiny and 

 ran away. This is just the reverse of the old notion that the 

 human eye is always able to stare a wild animal into submission. 



One chestnut colored horse which traveled many a country 

 road, was always on the look out for chipmunks scampering 

 along the top rail of fences. As soon as he caught sight of one 

 a race began, which was often quite a surprise to the driver seated 

 in the vehicle. The minute the chipmunk came to earth the race 

 was off and the pace of the chestnut traveler slowed down. But 

 his ears and eyes indicated that for him the race was only half 

 long enough and if he could he would challenge his opponent for 

 more. 



Once it was decided to test the chipmunk's knowledge of nuts 

 by putting out quite a mixture of good and bad ones. His test 

 was evidently by weight and all sound ones were carried off and 

 the poor ones dropped. He was never known to make a mistake. 

 All the nuts left were cracked and found worthless. When given 

 cracked hickory nuts he ate out the meats at once and never 

 offered to store them. 



One unusual story of these tireless creatures is told without 

 quoting the authority. During a dry season a woman watered 

 some plants near a porch, soon afterward a chipmunk passed the 

 porch and seemed interested in the plants. He was seen standing 

 on his haunches and with his fore paws pressing the edges of a 

 leaf together for a trough from which he drank a few drops in the 

 most comical fashion. Five other leaves were treated in the same 

 way while the woman stood and watched. She then placed a 

 dish of water near by which was then regularly used both for 

 drinking fountain and bathing pool. 



