“So you were caught by a boy too; were you?” asked Slicko. “That same thing happened to me.”
“It did!” cried Flop Ear, in surprise.
“Yes. Some time ago, that was. A boy came to these woods to get some nuts, and he caught me.”
“What did he do with you?” Flop Ear asked.
“He took me home, and put me in a wire cage, that had a wheel which went around very fast. I had some good times in it, and I grew to like the boy very much. One night a bad man came into the house to take money, but I heard him, and made such a noise that he ran out. And for that the boy’s father made him let me go, so I could come back to my woods.”
“My! That was a great adventure!” cried Flop Ear.
“Sort of, yes,” said Slicko.
And if you would like to read more about the things that happened to the squirrel, you may do so in the book called: “Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel; Her Many Adventures.”
“I suppose you met many new animals on your travels?” said Flop Ear.
“Yes, indeed,” answered Slicko. “I met Squinty, the comical pig, and—”