Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-04-20
YOUNG SQUIRRELS.
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 One morning in the yniddle-of Dc- tober l obseryed thai . family of four young squirrels was yenlsls.,l.y forth from . .sox irssS. outside ny study window. They were not moro than six weeks old, and. were -vsSy timid. It was not oftea that n0ss than two or three would appear # once, and one of these seemed Inuch further advanced than the rest. xlliit : another wa very tSlby1sls, 4liesz prime charal lieristie ls'az mquisitfvr-: ness. What dne and curious ~nea world was this they had been :iuf4Es duced tol How much thaFe was gs1.-. seei How many delightful things to dol - =, .fs
 They cease iessiy inv estigssts(t eyeF..> : thing about them with minute atten. tioa, and had very pretty ways, such. as a habit ol clasping each other ils their arms around the neck They. frequently scratched and stroked one. another Once I saw one tlige1lt .y t.ys'a ! ! combing anotbers tail with his fore feet. Young red squirrels, ef which : we also had a family er two, play . somewhat differently, having c pc culiar way Of regularly baaziny with. their fore paws. ... ,.-'.. ....... ...
 Gradually they gain --s.tt-rgngtll. and : confidence, and then yo1 viii see :. hnw-fa- the ii--li---z.r .sts-.,.:.r. e-sE s7rEsss ,-ss: ::-:.s,-.. :; :. .;'=, ], !:
 lti szir ...--... .,- ;.7 5. ;, .- Eaef1 .< .-:@-4 ..-. K X jumping na ;- ~-.. ........ .... somersauits; :.!.. .<.= thing is this .~ -, =. the ID sese-e -:--------. --...--------. .~, ::~-- most to tho rd & n-'I ,-'.' up and catch .. c..< one hand, an .s.a'. 7 forth with Ii .- -a boys who dis se- ---,ies--nr woods or a d r- -s rt-- nasiun- Tn. - many antics seem ..,iale, Just Tor fun, ''
 The kittens continue to be nursed by the mother until they have grown to be almost as heavy as herself. U seems impossi5is that her system can stand such a drain-in fact, she does grow weak and thin-and my neigh bor, who has been an extremely close observer of their economy for several years, has come to the con clusion that the mother " .ns tEe kittens gradually by giviI : them food which slo regl~gitated or, ss any rate, has thoroughly che 1ed uI, in her own mouth
 No animal is more motherly thea. one of these parent squirrels, and 1t is delightful to watch her behavior when the nearly grown brood has begun to make short excursions and is undergoing instruction. All tho other families in the grove take El interest in the TToceedings and cist- ter about at great rate; but if one comes too near and attempts any i.l- terference in the instruction, he is likely to be driven away most vigor- ously by the jealous mother. Every morning lesson in climbing and nut hunting are given, and pretty scenes are enacted. The pride of the little mother as she leads her train out ea some aerial path is very noticeable. They are slow and timId about foi- lowing. Squiriels must learn to bal ance themselves on the plant limbs by slow degree
 It is many long day after they are able to chase one another up and down and under and around a rough oak trunk in the liveliest game of tag ever witnessed before they can skip about the branches and leap from one to another with confidence i-, - their security. .8rie1. ra'1a- understands tn g.a1lr. them very geItl. ~ c l remember one such lesson. The old one marched ahead sie>v~l7- ing low notes, as - Cns on, my dears u7nr l- ~ Every little while she .aaId stop. and the two well grown children fol- lowing would creep ap 70 her, and put their arms around her neck in the most human fashion. as if pro testing that it was almost too hard 6 task.
 This loving hndness is extended to other young squirrels whenever us>- question of family rivalry interferes Ernest Ingerso1 in Harper's.