FRIENDLY ENEMIES, THE ANIMALS 93 



snow? What's that? You mean to tell me I have 

 slept all through the winter and it is now spring?" 

 queried the squirrel. 



"Well! Well! And I have always wanted a 

 better pair of eyes, and a lot of other things, but 

 here is a poor fool with good eyes and a chance to 

 see the world, yet he gets down here in a hole and 

 sleeps half of his life away. Never heard of snow. 

 Couldn't tell what it was if he met it coming down 

 the road. If I had the eyes you have I surely would 

 get out and see the world wint-er as well as summer," 

 lectured the mole, and he became so disgusted that 

 he returned to his own work of making new runways. 



This kind of talk served the purpose of bringing 

 the squirrel to life, and he then started for the 

 sunUght. However, his exit had become jammed 

 by the horses walking over the place in the early 

 spring whUe the ground was soft, so he had to dig 

 quite a bit in order to get out. Then all at once 

 the sweet pure air rushed in through the opening, 

 the April sunshine struck him fairly in the face, 

 nearly blinding him, and with the exertion of gain- 

 ing an exit in his weakened condition he was quite 

 exhausted. He waited a few moments until his 

 eyes became accustomed to the intense light, then 

 cautiously emerged from his den. 



