its excellent flavor and the latter has as high a value as that of any 

 of their kind. 



In the colder climate they store away rather more provisions 

 than in the warmer localities, but they are everywhere careless in 

 this respect when compared with the red or gray squirrels. They 

 seem to trust to good fortune that there will be enough pleasant 

 days even during winter for them to pick up a living and, as they 

 are plucky little specimens of hardihood, they are usually right. 

 When too cold a snap comes they must stay at home in their nest 

 and try to forget their hunger in sleep until the next warm spell. 



Because of their size and strength, they have less to fear from 

 the hawks than have some of the others, but the^wild cat, raccoon 

 and fox are always on the watch for them. 



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