. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . [ 124 THE MOVING OF THE YOUNG. CHAPTER XIX THE MOVING OF THE YOUNG [T was very early in the morn-ing, soon after sunrise, thatthey took the hazard ofmoving the young. Silver-gray had fed the babies andlooked out and about, and had come backand looked again. Then, picking up thenearest by the scruff of its neck, she roseto the doorway. Now a great racketsounded in the woods. Silvergray backedin again and down, dropped the youngone, then put her head out. The noiseincreased, the trampling of heavy backed till only her nose was out, andwatched


. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . [ 124 THE MOVING OF THE YOUNG. CHAPTER XIX THE MOVING OF THE YOUNG [T was very early in the morn-ing, soon after sunrise, thatthey took the hazard ofmoving the young. Silver-gray had fed the babies andlooked out and about, and had come backand looked again. Then, picking up thenearest by the scruff of its neck, she roseto the doorway. Now a great racketsounded in the woods. Silvergray backedin again and down, dropped the youngone, then put her head out. The noiseincreased, the trampling of heavy backed till only her nose was out, andwatched. Soon there came in view huge[127]


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