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FUR THAT FLEW 



TX 7HEN I was a lad of some seven 

 summers, I left my own home for 

 a short time and went to spend a winter 

 with my grandfather and grandmother, 

 who lived in a neighbouring town. 



My grandmother was a great lover of 

 all small creatures, and it was her particu- 

 lar delight to feed the birds and squirrels 

 in the winter time. 



Some pieces of meat nailed to the 

 piazza posts and a box of corn and grain 

 in the wagon-shed gave me a rare oppor- 

 tunity to study the winter birds and the 

 squirrels, who were only too glad to par- 

 take of grandmother's bounty. 



On warm days I went with my grand- 



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