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and the house locked up, he got a stone 

 and drummed on the trunk of the tree. 



Hearing the knocking on his front 

 door, and thinking that some one wished 

 to see him, Dick ran to the opening and 

 thrust out his head. " Bang,'' went the 

 new gun and the father squirrel pitched 

 out of the hole and fell at the boy's feet. 



He picked up the dead squirrel and 

 examined him. What a beauty he was. 

 What a daisy the gun must be to kill 

 him at the first shot. So he threw the 

 squirrel down and drummed on the tree 

 again. 



Dixy was much surprised at the strange 

 noise and the squirrel family had been 

 greatly frightened. She also wondered 

 where Dick had gone, so she ran to the 

 hole and peeped out. '* Bang," went the 

 gun again and she fell at the feet of 

 the young hunter. Both father and 



