The Story of a Graysquirrel 



which they have built; second, the food 

 which they have found or stored; third, 

 the range which is their homeland — the 

 boundaries of which are not well-defined 

 —but most jealously held against those 

 of their own kind. The Homeland is 

 also held against all who eat their foods 

 so that it is part of the food-property 

 sense. All three were strong in Banner- 

 tail; and his growing pride in the coming 

 nut yield was much like that of a farmer 

 who, by the luck of good weather, is 

 blessed with a bumper crop of corn. 



It seemed as though word of the coming 

 feast had spread to other and far-off 

 places, for many other nut-eaters kept 

 drifting that way, turning up in the hick- 

 ory woods that the Graycoats thought 

 their own. 



The Bluejay and the Redheaded Wood- 

 pecker came. They pecked long and hard 

 at the soggy husks to get at the soft, 



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