56 SQUIRRELS WON BY KINDNESS. 



overcome," and certainly the apparition of a 

 bright-eyed squirrel popping up at each window in 

 succession is enough to drive a teacher to despair. 

 Nothing less than an abundant shower of nuts will 

 bribe the little intruders to keep quiet for a time. 



I have given these simple details because I think 

 that possibly many of my readers may like to 

 encourage those charming little animals when they 

 learn how easily, by a little patient kindness, they 

 may be attracted from the woods to become 

 household pets of their own free wi'l, which is, to 

 my mind, so much more enjoyable than keeping 

 captive animals or birds. It should, perhaps, be 

 added that great quietness and calm are needed 

 while the first advances are being made, and that a 

 loud voice or a quick gesture will undo a week's 

 work in taming. 



