Bannertail 



ever from a solid log or stone which af- 

 fords good footing for a needed sudden 

 jump. And remember ever that safety 

 is in the tree tops— in this and in lying 

 low. 



These were the lessons they slowly 

 learned, not at any stated time or 

 place, but each when the present doings 

 gave it point. Brownhead was quick 

 and learned almost overfast; and his tail 

 responding to his daily care was worthy 

 of a grown-up. Lithe, graceful Nyek- 

 nyek too, was growing wood -wise. Cray 

 was quick for a time. He would learn 

 well at a new lesson, then, devising some 

 method of his own, would go ahead and 

 break the rules. His mother's warning 

 "Quare" held him back not at all. And 

 his father's onslaught with a nip of 

 powerful teeth only stirred him to re- 

 bellious fight. 



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