106 What the Squirrel Did for Richard.

believe her eyes, when she saw him standing there
alive before her. He told her what had saved his
life, and then, indeed, she felt grateful to the
squirrel.

Just a week from this time, Richard went from
his father’s house to the village on an errand.
Instead of going by the regular road, he made a
“short-cut,” going through Farmer Newbone’s
pasture, entirely forgetting the dangerous bull,
who was in it. He was half-way across when he
heard a loud bellowing, a snorting and puffing,
and turning, saw, to his horror, the bull! The
animal’s eyes were glaring angrily, and tossing his
head in fury, he was coming with tremendous
speed toward the little boy, who stood there,
trembling with fear! He knew that the bull
would be upon him, before he could possibly
reach the wall, and feared his last moment had
come, when, fortunately, he happened to remem-
ber that he could turn himself into a squirrel, and
so escape. Then he sat down on the ground, and
calmly waited for the bull to come on! He held
his finger all ready within an inch of his chin, and