292 Trails to Woods and Waters 



if he did not multiply so rapidly, he would 

 soon become extinct. 



" Now, Harry, what do you make of the 

 big bunch of leaves away up in the top of that 

 tall maple at the edge of the woods? " 



" It looks like a crow's nest," I replied, 

 " but I guess it isn't anything but just some 

 leaves that have lodged in that crotch." 



" Mighty queer that so many should have 

 lodged in just that way," replied Ben. " I 

 guess it is a squirrel's hammock and that one 

 and perhaps two sleek grayers are tucked 

 away in that swinging cradle so that every 

 wind that blows will rock them in their 

 sleep. 



" Some of the grayers den up in hollow 

 trees, while others who are more fanciful build 

 themselves a veritable cradle in the treetop. 

 They take short sticks and place them in a 

 triangular shape where limbs fork out, and 

 then begin filling in the middle of the triangle 

 with leaves. 



" Then they build on more sticks and fill up 

 with more leaves until they have a bunch as 



