Lady Gray and the Nuts

One summer Robert and his father and mother lived in a little House in the woods.

They saw a Squirrel running about in the Trees.

Robert put some Nuts on the ground, and hid behind a Tree. Soon the Squirrel came and carried them away.

The next day he put the Nuts nearer the House. The Squirrel came again and carried them away.

So it went on for some time. Each day Robert put the Nuts nearer the House.

They named the Squirrel Lady Gray.

One day Robert’s mother sat down on a Chair in the porch. She put some Nuts on the floor and kept very still.

After a while Lady Gray came up on the porch. She looked at Robert’s mother, then she took a Nut and ran off as fast as she could.

By-and-by Lady Gray became so gentle that she would hunt for Nuts in their pockets.

One morning father put a Nut on his shoulder. Lady Gray jumped on father’s shoulder and ate the Nut. How they all laughed!