6 4 



Woodside. 



first. Do you notice, too, what a noise its claws make on 

 the trunk as it scampers about ? Ah ! I see a suspicious- 

 looking hole in the trunk of the oak, and as the tree does 

 not look difficult to climb, I commence the ascent. It is 

 harder than it looked though, but presently I am astride a 

 great branch, at the base of which is the hole. Just what 

 I expected ! In goes my hand, and out of the warm nest of 



FIG. 18. THE SQUIBREL (Scuirus vulgaris). 



dead leaves and moss a little furry ball is brought, followed 

 by another and yet another. Three of them ! What funny 

 little creatures they are ; but I must put them back, and 

 down I go again. Before I have reached the bottom the 

 mother pops into the hole to see that her charges have not 

 been injured, whilst the chuckling cry of the papa squirrel, 

 who appears directly afterwards, tells us that he is very 

 happy to find that all is well. 



