distended that she was unable to enter. After 

 trying again and again she began to enlarge the 

 hole. This she presently gave up. Then she re- 

 jected about one third of the nuts, entered, and 

 stored the remainder. In a few minutes she was 

 back for more. One day she made eleven round 

 trips in fifty-seven minutes. Early one autumn 

 morning a coyote, in attempting to reach her, 

 dug into her granary and scattered the nuts 

 about. After sending him off I gathered up 

 three quarts of shelled nuts and left about as 

 many more scattered through the earth! Over 

 these the jays and magpies squabbled all day. 



One day a lady who was unsympathetic with 

 chipmunks was startled by one of the young- 

 sters, who scrambled up her clothes and perched 

 upon her head. Greatly excited, she gave wild 

 screams. The young chipmunk was in turn 

 frightened, and fled in haste. He took consola- 

 tion with his mother several yards away. She, 

 standing erect, received him literally with open 

 arms. He stood erect with one arm upon her 

 shoulder, while she held one arm around him. 

 They thus stood for some seconds, he screech- 



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