. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. Banner tail sweet, milk-white meat. They did little damage, for their beaks were not strong enough to twist off the nuts and carry them away, but the Graycoats felt that these were poachers and drove them off. Of course it was easy for the birds to keep out of reach, but they hovered about, stealing—yes, that was what the Squir- rels thought about it — stealing the hick- ory harvest when they could. Then came other poachers, the Red- squirrel with his mate, cheeky, brazen- fronted, aggressive as usual; they would come quietly, when the Gra
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. Banner tail sweet, milk-white meat. They did little damage, for their beaks were not strong enough to twist off the nuts and carry them away, but the Graycoats felt that these were poachers and drove them off. Of course it was easy for the birds to keep out of reach, but they hovered about, stealing—yes, that was what the Squir- rels thought about it — stealing the hick- ory harvest when they could. Then came other poachers, the Red- squirrel with his mate, cheeky, brazen- fronted, aggressive as usual; they would come quietly, when the Graycoats were asleep or elsewhere, and proceed to cut the nut bunches. Many times the only notice of their presence was the sudden "thump, thump" of the nut bunch strik- ing the ground after the Red One had cut it loose. His intention had been to go down quietly after it, split the husks, and carry off the luscious, half-ripe nuts to [ 248]. 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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