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winter, yet there was much about the forest 

 that gave them pleasure. The squirrels were 

 engaged in the same employment as them- 

 selves, laying up a store of nuts for the win- 

 ter, from the profusion scattered over the 

 ground. 



The striped squirrel attracted their atten- 

 tion, as he was seen nimbly gliding to his 

 store-house, occasionally stopping to recon- 

 noitre the intruders, his cheeks swelling with 

 the load. 



The red squirrel made the woods resound 

 with his whirring, secure on the top of some 

 tall pine. 



A grey squirrel was seen running on a pros- 

 trate tree; suddenly stopping, and quietly seat- 

 ing himself with tail erect, he began to indulge 

 himself with a chesnut, which he conveniently 

 held to his mouth with his fore feet, quickly 

 hopping on a tree, as the children made a 

 movement to get a nearer view. 



