SIR GIPSY 



SIR GIPSY is a large gray squirrel and he lives 

 in the hollow of an old oak tree in Evanston, 

 Illinois. All the big folk and the little folk are 

 kind to the squirrels in Evanston, and there 

 is a law to protect them from being injured 

 or killed. Oh, but don't they have a happy 

 time hunting for nuts, scampering about over 

 the lawns and parks, or playing hide-and-seek 

 in the tall trees by the roadside ! Just think 

 what it must mean to them not to be afraid 

 of people, and, instead of running away for 

 dear life when they see any one coming along, 

 to come down from the trees and take the nuts 

 offered to them from the hands of their boy 

 and girl friends ! 



Sir Gipsy's home is not far from Rest Cot- 

 tage, and one morning when I opened the front 

 door, there on the porch sat the little rogue 

 on his hind legs. He looked cunning enough, 

 and I knew he was saying in squirrel language, 

 "Please give me some nuts this morning." 



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