. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. The Story of a Graysquirrel exercise of moving. Had he been capa- ble of such thought he might have said: "Thank goodness the wind has swept the snow from the ; He gal- loped and bounded from one high over- way to another, till a wide gap be- tween tree-tops compelled him to descend. Over the broad forest floor of shining white he leaped, and made for the be- loved hickory grove. Pine-cones furnish food, so do buds of elm and flower-buds of maple. Red acorns are bitter yet eat- able, white acorns still better, and chest-
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. The Story of a Graysquirrel exercise of moving. Had he been capa- ble of such thought he might have said: "Thank goodness the wind has swept the snow from the ; He gal- loped and bounded from one high over- way to another, till a wide gap be- tween tree-tops compelled him to descend. Over the broad forest floor of shining white he leaped, and made for the be- loved hickory grove. Pine-cones furnish food, so do buds of elm and flower-buds of maple. Red acorns are bitter yet eat- able, white acorns still better, and chest- nuts and beechnuts delicious, but the crowning glory of a chosen feast is nuts of the big shag hickory — so hard of shell that only the strongest chisel teeth can reach them, so precious that nature locks them up in a strong-box of stone, en- wrapped in a sole-leather case; so sought after, that none of them escape the hun- gry creatures of the wood for winter use, [53]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York C. Scribner
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