. Uncle Zeb & his friends . et stamping up the stairs, andloud voices. Quick! Quick! cried Mr. Squirrel. And they had just time to dash out through the holein the attic window and perch, trembling, on the edge ofthe roof, in the winter cold, when the door burst openand a giant strode across the room with a great light inhis hand. He picked up their bungalow as easily as if ithad been a hand-bag; and then they heard him callout, - Here, come and see what those rascally squirrelshave done! They have gnawed holes in my straw suit-case, and dragged three or four of my neckties into it,for a nest,
. Uncle Zeb & his friends . et stamping up the stairs, andloud voices. Quick! Quick! cried Mr. Squirrel. And they had just time to dash out through the holein the attic window and perch, trembling, on the edge ofthe roof, in the winter cold, when the door burst openand a giant strode across the room with a great light inhis hand. He picked up their bungalow as easily as if ithad been a hand-bag; and then they heard him callout, - Here, come and see what those rascally squirrelshave done! They have gnawed holes in my straw suit-case, and dragged three or four of my neckties into it,for a nest, and have been living here like kings! And then they heard a great pounding, so near thatthey all scurried away to the ridgepole; and when it hadstopped, and the light had gone away, and all was stillagain, they crept back, and found that the hole in thewindow had been closed with a heavy board, and thatthere was no way to get back to their warm beds andthe corn and nuts. That was a long, hard winter for the Squirrel There was no way to get back to their warm beds and the corn and nuts. WHY THE SQUIRRELS MOVED 181 They had to go back to their old home in the Grand-father Oak and dig the snow and wet leaves out of thenest. Then they had to line it again, and all winter theyhad to paw under the grass and leaves and snow in thewoods, and gnaw frozen apples in the orchard, to getenough to eat. They were ashamed to ask their cousins,the Rufus Squirrels, for even a single acorn, and wereglad enough when spring came again. The next year they began early, and put the old nestin order, and laid in a great store of good things, so thatno one could turn them out of doors again Grandfathers Dan IN the parlor of the little house which cuddled closeunder a hill by the seashore there hung a picturethat Johnnie liked to look at. It was the picture of an old white-haired man, sittingon a bench by an open door. In his lap he held a longgun, and between his knees nestled a large and veryh
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