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| FROM COL. F. NUSSBAUMER & SON. A. W. MUMFORD, PUBLISHER, CHICAGO. | . BLACK SQUIRREL. 5/13 Life-size. | COPYRIGHT 1900, BY NATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAGO. |
THE BLACK SQUIRREL.
(Sciurus niger.)
Mrs Black Squirrel sat in the top of a tree;
"I believe in the habit of saving," said she;
"If it were not for that, in the cold winter weather
I should starve, and my young ones, I know, altogether;
But I'm teaching my children to run and lay up
Every acorn as soon as it drops from the cup,