. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ cared; but theIW // moment a pine drop or a bit of stick,TlJ^firjj moss, or mud clung to his tail he stopped f^-, ^ all other work to lick, clean, comb, shake, fluff and double-fluff that precious, beau-tiful member to its perfect fulness, light-ness, and plumy breadth. Why? What the trunk is to the ele-phant and the paw to the monkey, thetail is to the Graysquirrel. It is his spe-cial gift, a vital part of his outfit, thesecret of his life. The possums tail isto swing by, the foxs tail for a blanketwrap, but the Squirrels tail is a par
. Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel . ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ cared; but theIW // moment a pine drop or a bit of stick,TlJ^firjj moss, or mud clung to his tail he stopped f^-, ^ all other work to lick, clean, comb, shake, fluff and double-fluff that precious, beau-tiful member to its perfect fulness, light-ness, and plumy breadth. Why? What the trunk is to the ele-phant and the paw to the monkey, thetail is to the Graysquirrel. It is his spe-cial gift, a vital part of his outfit, thesecret of his life. The possums tail isto swing by, the foxs tail for a blanketwrap, but the Squirrels tail is a para-chute, a land-easy; with that in per-fect trim he can fall from any height inany tree and be sure of this, that he will[28] The Story of a Qra^squirrel land with ease and lightness, and on hisfeet. This thing Bannertail knew withoutlearning it. It was implanted, not bywhat he saw in Kitten days, or in thewoods about, but by the great All-Mother, who had builded up his athleteform and blessed him with an innerGuide. [ 29 THE FIRST NUT CROP. CHAPTER VITHE FIRST NUT CROP ]HAT year the nut crop was afailure. This was the off-year for the red oaks; theybear only every other sea-son. The white oaks hadbeen nipped by a late frost. The beech-trees were very scarce, and the chestnutswere gone — the blight had taken themall. Pignut hickories were not plentiful,and the very best of all, the sweet shag-hickory, had suffered like the white , the time of the nut harvest,came. Dry leaves were drifting to theground, and occasional thumps told ofbig fat nuts that also were falling, some-times of themselves and sometimes cutby harvesters; for, although no other[33] Bannertail
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