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...Squirrel...
Near Denver, Col., one Meeples Moe, Norwegian -born beet-field worker, captured a baby squirrel four years ago, trained it to indicate by jerking its tail under which of two teacups had been placed...
Proud of his pet, Worker Moe despatched it to his grandmother, Fru Sigurd Bugg-Moe at Bergen, Norway. Fru Bugg-Moe was bitten by the squirrel while attempting to make it perform on Christmas...
...Harvard Yard (campus), a yellow and white hound-dog, weight 35 pounds, watched some squirrels at play, stalked them, sprang, flattened a young squirrel under his paw. The pinioned creature twisted this way and that, emitting sharp, tiny screams of pain. Down from the trees ran the other squirrels. They surrounded the dog and curled their whiskered lips, making a snarling noise. Now it was the hound-dog's turn to cringe; it was his turn to squeal with agony as the squirrel under his paw twisted around, bit his forefoot-as the other squirrels sprang upon his flanks...
...DISAPPOINTED SQUIRREL- W. H. Hudson-Doran ($2.50) True stories about animals from a master pen held by a man who understood animals. Excerpts from The Book of a Naturalist. Illustrated...