. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. Banner tail. She appeared to have no mate; at least none was seen. No doubt the outlaw gunners could have told a tale, had they cared to admit that they went gunning in springtime; and now the widow was doing the best she could by her family in the big gnarled tree. All went well for a while, then one day, in haste maybe, she broke an old rule in Squirreldom; she climbed her nesting tree openly, in- stead of going up its neighbor, and then crossing to the den by way of the over- head branches. The farm boy who saw it, gave a little yelp of
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. Banner tail. She appeared to have no mate; at least none was seen. No doubt the outlaw gunners could have told a tale, had they cared to admit that they went gunning in springtime; and now the widow was doing the best she could by her family in the big gnarled tree. All went well for a while, then one day, in haste maybe, she broke an old rule in Squirreldom; she climbed her nesting tree openly, in- stead of going up its neighbor, and then crossing to the den by way of the over- head branches. The farm boy who saw it, gave a little yelp of savage triumph; his caveman nature broke out. Clubs and stones were lying near, the whirling end of a stick picked off the mother Squir- rel as she tried to escape with a little one in her mouth. Had he killed two dan- gerous enemies the boy could not have yelled louder. Then up the tree he climbed and found in the nest two living [41. 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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