The little foresters: a story of field and woods . LITTLE FORESTERS. would at once know that the squirrels were atwork. Then a little further on in the woods therewas a hickory grove, and here in the autumnwas a feast tha/t did the heart of a squirrelgood just to look upon, for there among theleaves were walnuts, and what squirrel doesnot know the taste of a shagbark? But theydid not usually eat them at once, but storedthem away in the nest until winter when the winds howled outside, and thesnow was deep upon the ground, and it wasimpossible to gather mast, thanks to his fore-thought
The little foresters: a story of field and woods . LITTLE FORESTERS. would at once know that the squirrels were atwork. Then a little further on in the woods therewas a hickory grove, and here in the autumnwas a feast tha/t did the heart of a squirrelgood just to look upon, for there among theleaves were walnuts, and what squirrel doesnot know the taste of a shagbark? But theydid not usually eat them at once, but storedthem away in the nest until winter when the winds howled outside, and thesnow was deep upon the ground, and it wasimpossible to gather mast, thanks to his fore-thought the squirrel could sit comfortably inhis hole, nibbling away at the sweet meat ofthe walnut. Still further on in the woods there was anoccasional chestnut, and Frisk always made ita point to pick out a fine tree of these nutsand mark it for his own. Then some night,just at dusk, when something told him thatthere was to be a hard frost, he would go anddrop down a bushel or two of burrs, the largestupon the tree, for a squirrel is very particular. FRISK AND FROLIC. FRISK AND FROLIC. 55 about his nuts, and always has the best thatthe tree affords. Then in the morning he would go to histree and find that all had happened just as heexpected, for there upon the ground would behis chestnut burrs all nicely opened by thefrost. Some of my little readers may ask, How didFrisk know that there was to be a frost thatnight ? I shall have to answer that I do notunderstand how he knew, or how all the LittleForesters know a great many things that theydo know. But it seems to be given them tounderstand many things that man does not, sothat they may take advantage of them. There was also a fine apple orchard nearthe sugar camp, where Frisk and Frolic oc-casionally went for sweet apples; but theydid not like to venture so near the , the apple orchard belonged to theirnoisy Cousin Redder, who delighted above allthings to tease the gray cousins, and playpranks upon them. If Cousin Redd
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