New Britain herald., 1928-08-14
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Cilattcrtr Hides
By Thoril&on W. Burgess

Be quick of wit and quick of eye; Pay ne'er give up, but always try.
 --Chatterer the Red Squirrel
 Chait,rer the Red Squirrel was ELv.ls bad time. Back and forth. l.' ai side to side of the roof of the house Of Paddy the Beaver he lodged. Redtail the Hawk, quick of wing. quick of eye and hungry. was dong his best. to catch Cnatter"r. Chatterer was getting out of breath. Every minute he Was growing more tired. He was beginning to get wholly in despair. He knew that his strength wouldn't last as long as the strength of Redtail the Hawk, and he knew by experience how pa tient and persistent Redtail could be.
 I've got to hide" panted Chat terer to himself. Eve got 10 hide. even if there isn't any place to hide. I must rest and 1 must get my breath. Yes. sir. that's what I've got to do.'
 All the time he vas lodging and
 
 of the house of Paddy the E, ,aver. Now. as you perhaps know. paddy's house is built of sticks and sods and mud. His roof isn't smooth. This is especially true in summer. Ther. were sticks sticking out here and there. Most of them Were small sticks. Finally thatterer discovered that one very good sized stick pr" Jected from the roof just above the water. lt gave him just wee bit ot hope. The next tune he was on that side of the roof he took a good look at it. That Was all he had tinre to do before fc,liall sWoop"d.
 cha.terer dodged around to tho other side ot the roof. I,rdtaii was right after him. rhls tim "hen Chatter2r dodgcI around he went faster than he had gon" al any other time. Yes. sir he did so. F. went around that ioof like a lii - tie red streak. Straight down 10 that big projecting stick he ran and dart"d under il. Thcr" he flatton"d himself against the under side.
 Hardly had he had time 10 caich his breath when Eedtail tn" Hawk came around on that side. He was all set to swoop down and pick Chatt"r.r right off that roof. Yes, sir. he was all set for that. But he didn't swoop down and pick Chat ter.r up. He bilnhcd those hungry eyes Of his. He blinkcd several times. He swung around m circles He swung round and 'roun1 thai hou.s so that be could see 1t from all sides. Th'le wasn't any Chat t,''.,. Look as he would, he couldn'' ,i,;n of Chatt.rvr.
 i, dtaI tried tn. effect Of q sud d Il scream. He suspected that ,iI t"rar Was keeping perfectly stil somewhere and h" hoped that . att ,d"n scream would ma,c hat. t,.er movc. II didn't. There Was ne s.gn that therr WAS any one ,tiiv' oA that roof. Then Ecd;ail h .cai screaming with disappointment. H. looked this way and tIat way hep inS to see thattcrrr swimming. tla he might take him ont of tn" s,;'trr But Chatterer wasn't swimming. Nc ST. t'hatterer wasn't Wilu.uiI 2 5t al. In fact. he seem, Il to lave jus vanished right into thin air
 Lower and lower circltl Bed tail. DoJn. down he can.. unti finally n" p"rched on the very to Of that house. But even from tha point he couldn't see anything O chatter.2r. Of coIrs.. if tha'tere moved. even .Ner so Ettl". lhOS sfarp rycs would haN. caught tha ii ), ement But 'haiterer simpI dug his claws into that stick on th undcrside Of which he was hang