BISMARCK, THE RED SQUIRREL 



Mrs. Bismarck ran to a pine-root, sat up 

 straight, folded her hands, and said some- 

 thing. Mr. Bismarck ran to her side, folded 

 his hands, and made a reply. Both squirrels 

 looked toward the hole beneath the tree by 

 turning half-way round. Then they looked 

 at each other, and Mrs. Bismarck ran into 

 the hole, and immediately appeared and said 

 something that sounded very much like " It is 

 well." Then both squirrels scampered away. 

 The winter storehouse was completed. 



When the hazelnuts were ripe Bismarck 

 and his mate began to fill the storehouse. Bis- 

 marck gathered the hazelnuts about the cabin, 

 while his mate gathered those around the 

 home nest. Bismarck did a lot of running, 

 for he carried but one nut at a time. He 

 always worked under high pressure, running 

 to and fro at the top of his speed. 



I noticed that he left many nuts on the 

 bushes, but when I investigated I found a 

 worm in each nut a good reason for reject- 

 ing them ; but as the husks seemed perfect, 

 ho\v did Bismarck know the worms were there ? 

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