Tito 



Having done all the mischief she could, Tito, 

 followed by her mate, now set off for a wooded 

 gully some miles away, where was a hole that 

 had been made first by a Chipmunk, but en- 

 larged by several other animals, including a Fox- 

 that had tried to dig out its occupants. Tito 

 stopped and looked at many possible places 

 before she settled on this. Then she set to 

 work to dig. Saddleback had followed in a 

 half-comprehending way, till he saw what she 

 was doing. Then when she, tired with dig- 

 ging, came out, he went into the hole, and after 

 snuffing about went on with the work, throwing 

 out the earth between his hind legs ; and when 

 it was piled up behind he would come out and 

 push it yet farther away. 



And so they worked for hours, not a word 

 said, and yet with a sufficient comprehension of 

 the object in view to work in relief of each 

 other. And by the time the morning came 

 they had a den big enough to do for their home, 

 in case they must move, though it would not 

 compare with the one in the grassy hollow. 



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