The daily gazette., 1875-08-19
THE SQUIRRELS Str IT.
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rel came around g stump, with bott
cheeks full Ct corn 20 sec wls: IS
the matter.
1t is all-s1J to La7eccmI1S5
said little Brown-bird ;-"very veil
but when il comes 10 havinc folE, -
to sleep, and keep birds away from
their meats, 20 that ali the eggs get
cold, for one dent like I'll
LTerbodJ Ta3 surprised, fo1 eve1
body thought littieEroTn bi1i araiatie
aud not easily put cit
{ Indeed l wouldn't stand At It5a
5t.nging shame p bu-lei Rumble-
, bee,
Cd Cricket
Whist, may ask, ,7 ll.5 creature
trilled the Tree toad
Why, 7aid ROBIN, who lad been
out in the world, and knew. iii il q
very small child"
Said Hlmming bird 1t locke ike
2 sweet pea blossom; ana IL hair IA
like the silk OF maizer'
ANA its mouth is like berry. |
VIII go and Kiss IL" said wicked Mos,
quito to himself.
~ dear! what an ado you all make"
sighed red Lady bug and the little
Mowers nooded Significantly, and all
the forest leaves looked az ii they were
laughing.
ct the little baby lay in the sha.
dow OF the bushes, with clssed lids
and dreamed aq happy and uncon.
cerned as il all the woods were its
own,
, squirrel was sorry. He said. Little
brown bird, don't fret and fiutter so.
It's easy enough TO manage. You
leave it all to me. i know the tricks
OF these folks-'specially boys,' and
he put up his two small hands and
looked around upon his neighbors in
an assured manner most comforting
to behold. "Never you fear, LITTLE
Brownbird. | will 90 and bring some
one here who will carry away this
creature that disturbs your"
The Squirrel flashed out OF sight and
ran swiftly along over brushes, and
logs and ferns, until it reached the
highway when it sped along the fence
only pausing now and then to take an
observation, In two minutes who
should come along but three school
children-laoy and Rob and their sis.
ter Lou,
Look! look look cried Rob
Where's WHAT" shouted Ros.
"A squirrel. SQUIRREL q squirrel
they all shouted together; and away
hob, and after him Roy, and following
both ran Lou, over the brush aud over
he bushes, and over the logs and rens.
Catch him catch him P' they cried
and the echoes Knocked, Catch him |
catch him catch himln
And they chased little Squirrel until |
they came to dead halt by rail |
fence, ard there on the ground lay |
little dreaming baby.
"Ohl no ho," laughed Roy.
"Whew-wIn whistled Rob.
20, the dear little thing" criedL Lou
with uplifted hands
Now the children Sc themselves to
wondering what it all ment.
Perhaps" said Lou, the squirrel
was fairy, and turned into little
baby when we most caught it .. let's
take It home and keep 1t, and may be
1t will turn into little Indy as big as
your Gnger. with eyes just like pin
heads-and silver dress and spider.
web vail-and she will live with Us
always, and always and forever
"Pshaw?" said Roy. Don't you
know gypsies do It sometimes-steal
babies? Put EN- in covered cart and
carry EN- Of, and leave EN- e. the
wayside:'
Yes, ani I7e real 100, low ~
eagle once pickcI Up a iGby in its
beak and claws, and carried it of TO
its nest on cragi
Perhaps 1t ran away, laid Rob :
baby did once, years and years ago
grandma sail. The mother went out
a.-isiting 1ni left ali the children t.
keep house, and she said t. Riar Ishc
was Oldest, RiGI, yCu take care OF the
baby An E'hen the mother was
gene, they hsi fun. / tell you Ihev
elm on the housetop to Sc the chin.
blJ-swalloTs, and theJ tl5ved bubbles
and played 'pom-pom-pullaway until
the sun went down Thea they all
went 10 see 1ojeph 7et the hen down
n the fence corner where she stole her
lest. Then, do you l.now, Riarthoushtl
II what her mother said, and she never
>ncc thought before. ., wasn't she
cart And she began To count the
children, an found the baby was gone
Then the mother came home, and size
and Riar hunted, and every
body hunted; and, after a whiles do
you know, the father found that baby
way ont ia the woods by n holler log,
IN the skeeterS had bit il as big as
wo bahies-'way out where the wolves
Ind bears was!C Jimmy WASH they {
III glad! And Riar, she had to go to l
,ed without her supper. tell you I
he was glad, for she couldn't eat any /
hing, anyway, cause there was big
ump In her throat" .