Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 488
nimbly ashore, delighted to know that theirmother was placidly following them. This story is all very well and very true, but Ihave one to match it. One day the dear LittleSchool-maam saw a squirrel sailing on the creekthat runs by the red school-house. To be sure,there was no sail to the boat, and… … They were on their way to a new part of thecountry in Ohio, and in the course of their travelsthey came to a creek. Mother squirrel tried toinduce the babies to swim across the stream, but —bless their little hearts! — they were afraid, andcould not pluck up courage even with mother tohelp them.…
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