52 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



as before, but this was hardly as wide open as on the 

 previous day. Fantiy, about this time, began to lie 

 flat on her back to suckle her little ones. For 

 several days previous to this she had been burying 

 her food in the nest. On this day she took a 

 piece of cotton from her bed, and with her mouth 

 and front paws gave it a good shaking, then put 

 it back into the nest. 



On the day following the above record, one of 

 the large squirrels opened neither eye all day. 

 The other large one had both eyes open, not wide, 

 but about halfway. The little one had its right 

 eye open, but no farther than on the previous 

 day. The squirrel with both eyes open drew itself 

 up so as to peep over the top of the box. 

 Fanny, seeing it, drew it back into the nest. 

 By this time we were in the habit of handling 

 the little ones and taking them out of the cage. 

 Neither Fanny nor the little ones objected. 



When the little squirrels were six weeks old, for 

 the first time all three had both eyes open. They 

 did not move about much on this great day, slept 

 as usual, but were more restless. Fanny now began 

 sunning herself, stretching out flat on the bottom 

 of the cage. 



