CHAPTER XX 



THE COMING-OUT PARTY 



iPRIL, the Green -grass 

 Moon, was nearly gone, the 

 Graycoats in their new high 

 home were flourishing and 

 growing. Happy and re- 

 united now, it was an event like a young 

 girl's coming-out, when first these Squir- 

 relets came forth from the nest "on their 

 own," and crawling on their trembling 

 legs, with watchful mother nigh. They one 

 by one scrambled on to the roof of the 

 home, and, with a general air of " Aren't 

 we big; aren't we wonderful?" they 

 stretched and basked in the bright warm 

 morning sun. 



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