Bannertail 



please him. He would explode into a 

 shrill "Cray!" which was a well-known 

 Squirrel exclamation, only he made it 

 very thin and angry. Even to father and 

 mother he would shriek "Cray!" if they 

 did in the least a thing that was not to 

 his wish. 



The third and smallest was a little girl- 

 Squirrel, very shy and gentle. She loved 

 to be petted and would commonly snug- 

 gle up to mother, whining softly, "Nyek, 

 nyek" even when her brothers were play- 

 ing, as well as at feeding-time. So in this 

 sort they named themselves, Brownhead, 

 Cray, and Nyek -nyek. 



The first lesson in all young wild life is 

 this, "Do as you are told"; the penalty of 

 disobedience is death, not always imme- 

 diate, not clearly consequent, but soon or 

 late it comes. This indeed is the law, 

 driven home and clinched by ages of ex- 

 perience: "Obey or die." 



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