164 SIR GIPSY 



fully short time. Pretty Sir Gipsy, in his 

 soft gray suit, with his keen, bright eyes and 

 his tiny ears that could hear so quickly the 

 slightest sound ! 



One Thanksgiving day we invited all the 

 birds and squirrels in the neighborhood to take 

 dinner at Rest Cottage. We put a feast of 

 nuts and breadcrumbs on the front porch and 

 watched from the window to see what would 

 happen. Pretty soon two squirrels and three 

 b!ue-ja3"s arrived on the scene and I said to 

 myself, "I am glad we have some crumbs for 

 the birds as well as nuts for the squirrels, else 

 those handsome blue-jays might feel disap- 

 pointed." 



To our great surprise the blue- jays began 

 to carry off the nuts, and as they could fly 

 much faster than the squirrels could run, we 

 soon saw that Sir Gipsy and the friend he had 

 brought with him would have no Thanksgiv- 

 ing dinner at all if we did not interfere. So 

 I went out on the porch, knowing that the 

 squirrels would come just the same if I were 

 there and the blue- jays would keep at a safe 

 distance. 



What do you suppose happened next? The 



