CHAPTER V 



THE FLUFFING OF HIS TAIL 



)HERE are certain stages of 

 growthth at are marked by 

 changes which, if not sud- 

 den, are for a time very- 

 quick, and the big change 

 in Bannertail, which took place just as 

 he gave up the tricks and habits learned 

 from his Cat-folk, and began to be truly 

 a Squirrel, was marked by the fluffing of 

 his tail. Always long and long-haired, it 

 was a poor wisp of a thing until the coming 

 of the Hunting-moon. Then the hairs 

 grew out longer and became plumy, then 

 the tail muscles swelled and worked with 

 power. Then, too, he began a habit of 



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