. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. CHAPTER XXXIII WHEN BANNERTAIL WAS SCARRED FOR LIFE T makes indeed merry play, with just enough of excite- ment when you bait the Bull, and dodge back to the fence to laugh at his im- potent raging. But it makes a very dif- ferent chapter when a second Bull comes on the other side of the fence. Then the game is over, the Bull-baiter must find some far refuge or scramble up the near- est sheltering tree, or pay the price. Bannertail had an ancient feud with the big Hen-hawk, whose stick nest was only a mile away, high in a rugged beech. The
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel. Squirrels. CHAPTER XXXIII WHEN BANNERTAIL WAS SCARRED FOR LIFE T makes indeed merry play, with just enough of excite- ment when you bait the Bull, and dodge back to the fence to laugh at his im- potent raging. But it makes a very dif- ferent chapter when a second Bull comes on the other side of the fence. Then the game is over, the Bull-baiter must find some far refuge or scramble up the near- est sheltering tree, or pay the price. Bannertail had an ancient feud with the big Hen-hawk, whose stick nest was only a mile away, high in a rugged beech. There were a dozen farmyards that paid [ 223 ]. 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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