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"They approached slowly, the little animal permitting them to come quite close, and then the children saw that it was indeed a squirrel."—[p. 15].
THE MARTIN AND NELLY STORIES.
LITTLE BESSIE, THE CARELESS GIRL,
OR
SQUIRRELS, NUTS, AND WATER-CRESSES.
BY
JOSEPHINE FRANKLIN,
AUTHOR OF "NELLY AND HER FRIENDS," "NELLY'S FIRST
SCHOOL-DAYS," "NELLY AND HER BOAT," ETC.