What the Squirrel Did for Richard. 107

smiled at the thought of the bull’s astonishment
when he should disappear before his eyes.

And now the animal was very near, was almost
upon him. Richard waited till he could feel the
hot breath upon his face, when he quickly rubbed
his finger on his chin, and—then—a red squirrel
ran right up the animal’s nose, over his head,

   
    

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along his back, down his tail, across the field, and
over the high wall, before the astonished bull had
finished staring at the place where there had cer-
tainly been a boy only a moment before !