The Story of a Gray squirrel 



when he could find it. Although animals 

 have some respect for property law 

 among their own kind, might is the only- 

 right they own in dealing with others. 



Amusement aplenty Bannertail found 

 in building " drays," or tree nests. These 

 are stick platforms of the simplest open- 

 work, placed high in convenient trees. 

 Some are for lookouts, some for sleeping- 

 porches when the night is hot, some are 

 for the sun-bath that every wise Squirrel 

 takes. Here he would lie on his back in 

 the morning sun with his belly exposed, 

 his limbs outsprawling, and let the heal- 

 ing sun-rays strike through the thin skin, 

 reaching every part with their actinic 

 power. 



Bannertail did it because it was pleas- 

 ant, and he ceased doing it when it no 

 longer pleased him. Is not this indeed 

 Dame Nature's way? Pain is her pro- 

 test against injury, and soothingness in 



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