. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . n, down through the snow. Soon he was out of sight, for here thedrift was nearly two feet deep. But hekept on, then his busy hind feet replac-ing the front ones as diggers for a time,sent flying out on the white surface brownleaves, then black loam. Nothing showedbut his tail and little jets of His whole arms-length into the frostyground did he dig, allured by an ever-growing rich aroma. At last he seized/ [ 54 ] The Story of a Gra^squirrel and dragged forth in his teeth a big fathickory-nut, one buried by himself lastfall, and, boundin
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . n, down through the snow. Soon he was out of sight, for here thedrift was nearly two feet deep. But hekept on, then his busy hind feet replac-ing the front ones as diggers for a time,sent flying out on the white surface brownleaves, then black loam. Nothing showedbut his tail and little jets of His whole arms-length into the frostyground did he dig, allured by an ever-growing rich aroma. At last he seized/ [ 54 ] The Story of a Gra^squirrel and dragged forth in his teeth a big fathickory-nut, one buried by himself lastfall, and, bounding with rippling tail upa tree to a safe perch that was man-highfrom the ground, he sawed the shelladroitly and feasted on the choicest foodthat is known to the Squirrel kind. A second prowl and treasure-hunt pro-duced another nut, a third produced anacorn, a visit to the familiar ever-unfrozenspring quenched his thirst, and then backhe undulated through the woods and overthe snow to his cosey castle in the oak. [55] THE BALKING OF FIRE-EYES. CHAPTER IX THE BALKING OF FIRE-EYES |THER days were much likethis as the Snow-moonslowly passed. But onethere was that claimed aplace in his memory forlong. He had gone farther afield toanother grove of hickories, and was dig-ging down so deep into the snow that cau-tion compelled him to come out and lookaround at intervals. It was well he did so,for a flash of brown and white appearedon a near log. It made toward him, andBannertail got an instinctive sense offear. Small though it was, smaller thanhimself, the diabolic fire in its close-set ][ 59 ]
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