CHAPTER XXIII 



THE LITTLE SQUIRRELS GO 

 TO SCHOOL 



HESE are among the lessons 

 that a mother Squirrel, by- 

 example, teaches, and that 

 in case of failure are em- 

 phasized by many little re- 

 proofs of voice, or even blows : 



Clean your coat, and extra-clean your 

 tail; fluff it out, try its trig suppleness, 

 wave it, plume it, comb it, clean it; but 

 ever remember it, for it is your beauty 

 and your life. 



When there is danger on the ground, 

 such as the trampling of heavy feet, do 

 not go to spy it out, but hide. If near 

 a hole, pop in; if on a big high limb, lie 



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T^UIES 



MAHMA 



