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Mischievous as a monkey, deft at hiding as a squirrel, a pet 

 jay will carry all its beech nuts to a piazza roof, wedge them 

 between the shingles, and open them there with ease. Ad 

 interesting array of hair pins, matches, buttons, a thimble, 

 and a silver spoon were raked out of one such favorite 

 cache under the eaves. 



