. Wild life near home . f>^ r In a solemn row upon the wire fence. home of unnumbered geneiations of flying-squir-rels. The cavity was first hollowed out byflickers. The squirrels were interlopers. When17 [257]. the young come inApril tiie large openingis stuffed with shreddedchestnut bark, leavingbarely room enoughfor the parents tosqueeze through. Thesharpest-eyed hawkawing would neverdream of waiting out-side that insignificantdoor for a meal ofsquirrel. But such precau-tions are not alwaysproof against boys. Irobbed that home onespring of its entirebatch oi hnbies (noone with any love o
. Wild life near home . f>^ r In a solemn row upon the wire fence. home of unnumbered geneiations of flying-squir-rels. The cavity was first hollowed out byflickers. The squirrels were interlopers. When17 [257]. the young come inApril tiie large openingis stuffed with shreddedchestnut bark, leavingbarely room enoughfor the parents tosqueeze through. Thesharpest-eyed hawkawing would neverdream of waiting out-side that insignificantdoor for a meal ofsquirrel. But such precau-tions are not alwaysproof against boys. Irobbed that home onespring of its entirebatch oi hnbies (noone with any love ofwild tilings could resisttlie temptation to kid-nap young flyiug-squiirels), and triedto bring them up in domestic somehow I never succeeded with[258] Yotmg pets. Something always happened. One ofthese four squirrels was rocked on, a secondwas squeezed in a door, a third fell before hecould fly, and the fourth I took to college withme. He had perfect liberty, for I had no otherroom-mate. I set aside one hour a day toputting corks, pens, photographs, and knivesback in their places, for him to tuck away thenext day in one of my shoes or under my pil-low. More than once I have awa
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