Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 347
re, beware ! The nervous,impetuous ways of these creatures are nodoubt the result of the life of fear whichthey lead.My chipmunk had no companion. He hvedall by himself in true hermit fashion, as isusually the case with this squirrel. Providentcreature that he is, one would think that he wouldlong… … A Story of a Chipmunk 317 will probably be handed down through many genera-tions of its family. I was sitting in the summer-housewith Nig the cat upon my knee, when the chipmunkcame out of its den a few feet away, and ran quicklyto a pile of chestnut posts about twenty yards fromwhere I sat. Nig…
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