WHAT THE SQUIRREL DID FOR
RICHARD.

chestnut in the woods, and was about to eat
it, when he heard a ‘chit, chit, chit,” over-
head, and looking up saw, perched on the swaying

aes, had found a big and tempting

branch of a tree, ared squirrel, whose bright eyes
were fixed wistfully on the
chestnut ; so wistfully that
Richard knew at once what
the little creature wanted.
It was late for chestnuts,
there were not many to
be found, and this one
was large and mealy. But
Richard was a kind-hearted —
boy, and so he said: ‘You shall have the nut,

squirrel,” and placing it on a stone under the
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