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bidding, and raising her voice in protest, she- drove him 



the window. \\v hoped thai a new order was established, and 

 that Jimmy at last, would receive some much needed discipline; 

 but Fluffy was too gentle to be aggressive in her own behalf. 



Perhaps her tender heart relented toward the lovable tyrant. 

 However that may be, when the great snow storm came, and 



Jimmy for the first time sought shelter inside of Fluffy's balcony, 

 she promptly yielded her favorite place close to the door, to him, 

 and when he wished to eat his seeds on her table, she took her 

 food from the floor. 



Jimmy even drove her out into the storm by his restle 

 and aggressiveness. 



That was too much to be endured by us and he was indignantly 

 "shooed" away. He soon returned and could not, or would not 

 understand that we regarded him as an offender. 



A little nephew, who was distressed by Jimmy's conduct, 

 suggested that we say "tseep tseep" sharply to Jimmy, as he did 

 to Sammy and Fluffy, thinking that he might understand our 

 remonstrance better in his own language than in ours. Fortu- 

 nately for Fluffy and for us, Jimmy felt no desire to remain in 

 the balcony, and before night, when the worst of the storm was 

 over, he flew away, leaving Fluffy free to live her contented, 

 uneventful life with us. 



She stayed in her sleeping place late in the morning after 

 the storm. There was really nothing else for her to do. She 

 could find no place for her feet in the snow-laden vines, and all 

 her familiar resting spots were heaped high with snow. Her 

 breakfast was, as usual in stormy weather, on her inside table, but 

 she showed no inclination to descend into the strange, white 

 world. We took out her bowl, filled with crushed hemp seeds, 

 and spoke comforting words to the little gray fluff ball in the 

 branches over our heads. She answered immediately in her own 

 sweet way and hopped eagerly toward us. In a few moments 

 she was on the table enjoying her late breakfast : but she made no 

 effort to go outside of the porch that day. 



As the days lengthened, Fluffy and her companions ate their 

 supper late in the afternoon, and seemed to enjoy a regular bed- 

 time frolic. A few times Fluffy went to bed early as usual 

 and changing her mind, came down and went out to play. 



Toward spring, Jimmy established himself on the front porch, 



