CONTENTS 



Chapter Page 



I. The Foundling 1 



II. His Kittenhood 9 



III. The Red Horror 15 



IV. The New and Lonely Life 19 



V. The Fluffing of His Tail 25 



VI. The First Nut Crop 31 



VII. The Sun Song of Bannertail 39 



VIII. The Cold Sleep 49 



IX. The Balking of Fire-eyes 57 



X. Redsquirrel, the Scold of the Woods . . 65 



XI. Bannertail and the Echo Voice .... 71 



XII. The Courting of Silvergray 77 



XIII. The Home in the High Hickory .... 85 



XIV. New Rivals 91 



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