Identifier: bannertailstoryo00seto (find matches)
Title: Bannertail; the story of a gray squirrel
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946
Subjects: Squirrels
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Bannertail for the lively, long-tailed Foundling. Sodid others of importance, men and womenfolk of the farmhouse, and neighborstoo. The frisky Graycoat grew up amidexperiences foreign to his tastes, and of akind unknown to his race. The Kitten too grew up, and in mid-summer was carried off to a distant farm-house to be their cat. Now the Squirrel was over half-grown,and his tail was broadening out into agreat banner of buff with silver tips.His life was with the old Cat; his foodwas partly from her dish. But manythings there were to eat that delightedhim, and that pleased her not. Therewas corn in the barn, and chicken-feedin the yard, and fruit in the garden.Well-fed and protected, he grew big andhandsome, bigger and handsomer thanhis wild brothers, so the house-folk said.But of that he knew nothing; he had never (12)
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The Story of a Gra^squirrel seen his own people. The memory of hismother had faded out. So far as heknew, he was only a bushy-tailed Cat.But inside was an inheritance of instincts,as well as of blood and bone, that wouldsurely take control and send him herding,if they happened near, with those andthose alone of the blowsy silver tails. (13) THE RED HORROR

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