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snatch and run" with hi,,.. So,nothi>,.. 

 seeme.1 to say to hi,n all tho ti,„o: "Look out" 

 lookout!" "Thec-iti" "Ti.,. , , 7„ ,.?. , 

 owl!" "The boy with the gun'" 

 fini'flT "'']"''' I>'=ee,„her „u,rni„c,; the first 

 fine flakes of a coM, driving s„owstor„. were 

 ju.t begiuuing to sift down, and the s.mirrel 

 was eager to finish harvesting his „uts in'ti„,e. 

 It wa,s quite touching to see how luirried and 

 anxious and nervous he was. I f,.lt like Knin.T 

 out and lendnig a han.I. The nuts were si'iialf 

 poor i„g-nuts, and I thought of all the gnawin^ 

 he won d have to do to get at the scanty mea°t 

 they held My little boy once took pity on" 

 squirre that lived in the wall near the gate and 

 cracked the nuts for him and put them upon a 

 small board shelf in the tree where he eould sit 

 and eat them at his ease. 



Tlie red squirrel is not so provident as the 

 chipmunk. He lays up stores irregularlv, by 

 fits and starts; he never has enough put up to 

 carry him over the winter; hence he is more or 

 less active all tlie season. Long before the De- 

 cember snow the cliipmunk has for davs been 

 making hourly trips to his den with full pock- 

 ets of nuts or corn or buckwheat, till his bin 

 holds enough to carry him througli to April 

 He need not, an<l I believe does not, sot foot 

 out of doors during the whole winter. But tho 

 red squirrel trusts more to luck. 



As alert and watchful as the red squirrel is 

 he is frequently caught by the cat. My Nig 



