CHAPTER III 
INTRODUCING MR. AND MRS. SKUNK 
SKUNK expects the other fellow to do the 
A running. Not having much practice he 
does not have any high speed and puts 
much awkward effort and action into all speed- 
ing. 
One September day a skunk came into the 
grove where I was watching, and stopping by 
an old log did a little digging. While eating 
grubs he was disturbed by a falling pine cone. 
The cone was light, but had a few spots of soft 
pitch upon it. It stuck to his tail. Greatly 
disturbed, the skunk thrashed and flounded 
about until he shook the cone off. 
A busy squirrel was harvesting and paying no 
attention to where his cones were falling. Down 
came another cone. This landed not behind 
the skunk but in front. Already troubled, the 
skunk stuck his tail straight up and struck an 
attitude of defense. 
The skunk had been attending to his own af- 
fairs. But after being struck by one cone and 
threatened with others, I suppose he thought it 
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