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"Like a bird, indeed!" said the squirrel. "No; I make one like a squirrel. It is not necessary for me to imitate a bird. We squirrels can make nests a great deal better than birds can." LIKE A BIRD INDEED SAID THE SQUIRREL NO I MAKE ONE LIKE A SQUIRREL IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ME TO IMITATE A BIRD WE SQUIRRELS CAN MAKE NESTS A GREAT DEAL BETTER THAN BIRDS CAN
y long, and I shall soon have to jump away. Look how my tail is whisking. I always go very soon after that begins.” Tommy Smith thought that, as the squirrel had proposed having a chat himself, and had prevented him from going on to the woodpigeon, it was not quite polite of him to be so very impatient. But he thought _he_ would be polite, at anyrate, so he went on, all in a hurry, “I suppose, Mr. Squirrel, as you go to sleep in the winter, you have to come out of the trees and find a place on the ground to”— “Out of the trees!” exclaimed the squirrel. “I should think not, indeed. That would be very unsafe. Besides, I should never feel comfortable if I did not rock with the wind when I was asleep. I should have a nasty fixed feeling, which would wake me up every minute.” This surprised Tommy Smith a good deal. He knew that squirrels lived in the trees all day, but he did not know before that they slept in them at night too. “Then do you make a nest like a bird, Mr. Squirrel?” he asked. RRELS CAN NEVER STAY STILL FOR VERY LONG AND I SHALL SOON HAVE TO JUMP AWAY LOOK HOW MY TAIL IS WHISKING I ALWAYS GO VERY SOON AFTER THAT BEGINS TOMMY SMITH THOUGHT THAT AS THE SQUIRREL HAD PROPOSED HAVING A CHAT HIMSELF AND HAD PREVENTED HIM FROM GOING ON TO THE WOODPIGEON IT WAS NOT QUITE POLITE OF HIM TO BE SO VERY IMPATIENT BUT HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE POLITE AT ANY RATE SO HE WENT ON ALL IN A HURRY I SUPPOSE MISTER SQUIRREL AS YOU GO TO SLEEP IN THE WINTER YOU HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE TREES AND FIND A PLACE ON THE GROUND TOO OUT OF THE TREES EXCLAIMED THE SQUIRREL I SHOULD THINK NOT INDEED THAT WOULD BE VERY UNSAFE BESIDES I SHOULD NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE IF I DID NOT ROCK WITH THE WIND WHEN I WAS ASLEEP I SHOULD HAVE A NASTY FIXED FEELING WHICH WOULD WAKE ME UP EVERY MINUTE THAT SURPRISED TOMMY SMITH A GOOD DEAL HE KNEW THAT SQUIRRELS LIVED IN THE TREES ALL DAY BUT HE DID NOT KNOW BEFORE THAT THEY SLEPT IN THEM AT NIGHT TOO THEN DO YOU MAKE A NEST LIKE A BIRD MISTER SQUIRREL HE ASKED
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