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"Here it is!" cried the squirrel at last, from one of the very top branches of the tree he was on (it was a large beech tree). "Here is 'Tree tops.' Can you see it?" "Oh yes, I can see the top of the tree you are on," said Tommy Smith; "but"— "Oh, I don't mean that!" said the squirrel. "'Tree tops' is the name of my residence. You know, houses have usually a name of some sort. So I call mine 'Tree tops.' That describes it very well, because it is in a tree top, and there are tree tops all round it." HERE IT IS CRIED THE SQUIRREL AT LAST FROM ONE OF THE VERY TOP BRANCHES OF THE TREE HE WAS ON IT WAS A LARGE BEECH TREE HERE IS TREE TOPS CAN YOU SEE IT OH YES I CAN SEE THE TOP OF THE TREE YOU'RE ON SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT OH I DON'T MEAN THAT SAID THE SQUIRREL TREE TOPS IS THE NAME OF MY RESIDENCE YOU KNOW HOUSES USUALLY HAVE A NAME OF SOME SORT SO I CALL MINE TREE TOPS THAT DESCRIBES IT VERY WELL BECAUSE IT IS IN A TREE TOP AND THERE ARE TREE TOPS ALL AROUND IT
lways that the squirrel had to jump from one tree to another, because their branches often touched each other, and then he would run along them without jumping at all. Sometimes they would be very near together without quite touching, and then when he came to the end of the branch he was on, he would lean forward, and, with his little fore-paws, catch hold of the tips of several of those belonging to another tree, and draw them all together, and then give a little spring amongst them, and away he would go again. This was when he was in the fir trees. But to see him run down the long, drooping branch of a beech tree, right to the very end, and then drop off it on to another one far below—that was the finest sight of all. He did it so very gracefully. His tail was not turned up over his back now, as it had been whilst he was sitting up, but went streaming out behind him like a flag. And sometimes he would whisk it from side to side, and say, “Sug, sug,—sug, sug,—sug, sug, sug, sug, sug!” G THE GROUND UNDERNEATH IT WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT THE SQUIRREL HAD TO JUMP FROM ONE TREE TO ANOTHER BECAUSE THEIR BRANCHES OFTEN TOUCHED EACH OTHER AND THEN HE WOULD RUN ALONG THEM WITHOUT JUMPING AT ALL SOMETIMES THEY WOULD BE VERY NEAR TOGETHER WITHOUT QUITE TOUCHING AND THEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE END OF A BRANCH HE WAS ON HE WOULD LEAN FORWARD AND WITH HIS LITTLE FORE PAWS CATCH HOLD OF THE TIPS OF SEVERAL OF THOSE BELONGING TO ANOTHER TREE AND DRAW THEM ALL TOGETHER AND THEN GIVE A LITTLE SPRING AMONGST THEM AND AWAY HE WOULD GO AGAIN THIS WAS WHEN HE WAS IN THE FIR TREES BUT TO SEE HIM RUN DOWN THE LONG DROOPING BRANCH OF A BEECH TREE RIGHT TO THE VERY END AND THEN DROP OFF IT ON TO ANOTHER ONE FAR BELOW THAT WAS THE FINEST SIGHT OF ALL HE DID IT SO VERY GRACEFULLY HIS TAIL WAS NOT TURNED UP OVER HIS BACK NOW AS IT HAD BEEN WHILST HE WAS SITTING UP BUT WENT STREAMING OUT BEHIND HIM LIKE A FLAG AND SOMETIMES HE WOULD WHISK IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SAY SUG SUG SUG SUG SUG SUG SUG SUG SUG
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