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Bennett - -Release Date: May 3, 2016 [EBook #51994] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTAIL *** - - - - -Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - -The Adventures of Squirrel Fluffytail - -[Illustration: “‘Go straight there and come straight home before -dark!’”] - - - - - The Adventures of - Squirrel Fluffytail - - A Picture Story-Book for Children - - Story by - Dolores McKenna - - Pictures by - Ruth H. Bennett - - [Illustration] - - Frederick A. Stokes Company - New York Publishers - - _Copyright, MCMXXI, by_ - THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY - - _All Rights Reserved_ - - - - -CHAPTER ONE - - -Once upon a time, on a beautiful island that stood in the center of a -great big lake, there lived in the heart of a kindly old oak tree a -dear little squirrel family. There were three in all; Father, Mother -and Fluffy-tail, and they were just the happiest family one could -imagine. - -Father Squirrel worked hard all day long gathering nuts to store away -so that they would all have enough food in the larder for winter, and -when Mother Squirrel was not too busy doing her housework she too -helped to gather nuts, which she would tuck away in all sorts of places -so that no lazy squirrels could find them. She knew that there were -some lazy little rascals who would play all summer long and that when -the winter came their poor babies would ofttimes cry because they were -so hungry. - -Not that she would not help any one in need, for she was a good, kind -mother, but she knew from experience that those little squirrels who -would not work and gather nuts when they were plentiful, would help -themselves to other folks’ supply if they had a chance to do so. - -One day while Mrs. Squirrel was ironing some pretty petties for -Fluffy-tail she heard a knock at the door. It was a messenger from Mrs. -Squire Squirrel inviting Fluffy-tail to a surprise-party to be given -to her little daughter Furrikins. When Fluffy-tail came bouncing in -to dinner that day and saw something pink peeping out from under her -plate, you can just imagine how delighted she was when she pulled it -out and found it was an invitation to a party, for parties were few and -far between on the Island. - -They had to be just after the summer visitors left the place, as it -would not be very safe while they were there. With summer visitors -there was sure to be a boy with a gun who was always just so hungry -for squirrel pot-pie. In the winter it was too cold, and in the spring -there was seldom enough food left for regular meals, much less a party. -So now the time was just right and Fluffy-tail thought she was never so -happy in all her life. - - - - -CHAPTER TWO - - -After lunch, on the day of the party, Mrs. Squirrel washed, brushed -and combed Fluffy-tail until it hurt so she thought she would have to -squeal once or twice; then dressed her in one of the prettiest little -party dresses one ever saw. Fluffy-tail even had new slippers with -fluffy pink bows. “You must live up to your name, my dear,” her mother -said, as she tied her pretty pink bonnet strings, “and too, my dear,” -as she kissed her for at least the twentieth time, “be very careful -of your manners; don’t lose your present (the cutest lace trimmed hanky -with blue birds in the corners); go straight there and come straight -back home before dark. You know Old Tabby Cat just loves little -squirrels for dinner and she wouldn’t care even if you did have on your -party dress. Cats are such prowling creatures sometimes,” she added. - - - - -CHAPTER THREE - - -[Illustration: “Mrs. Squirrel followed Fluffy down the path.”] - -Mrs. Squirrel followed Fluffy a little way down the path and at the -corner Fluffy turned, waved goodbye with her little fan, and then was -gone out of sight. Mrs. Squirrel sighed as she went back into the -house, hoping all would be happy for her darling that day. - -Fluffy herself was surely happy, and after waving goodbye to her -mother, her thoughts were filled with the good time and the good things -she knew she would get to eat at the party. Her little brown eyes -seemed to just dance whenever she would think of the pleasures in store -for her. She had not gone very far along the road when she heard a wee -voice crying, “Oh, please help me! It hurts so!” and looking around -she saw a poor little mouse whose tail was caught between two stones. - -[Illustration: “‘Oh, please help me!’”] - -“Just a minute,” said Fluffy, and after carefully putting down her -hanky and fan, she tried to move the stones between which little Timmy -Mouse’s tail was caught. At first she thought she would not be able to, -but at last she got a good sized stick and raised the stone just enough -for poor little Tim to get loose. He was so glad to be free, he said, -not only because the stone hurt him dreadfully but because he feared -that Old Mrs. Tabby Cat was liable to be along any minute. “I can’t -tell you how much I thank you,” he said, “but maybe some day I can do -something for you.” - -“That’s all right,” said Fluffy, gathering up her things. “Tell your -mother to put some arnica on your tail and it won’t hurt any more,” and -she was gone out of sight. “I must hurry a little more,” she thought, -“as I would hate dreadfully to be late for the party.” - - - - -CHAPTER FOUR - - -“Oh dear me! What a narrow escape!” exclaimed Fluffy, as she stooped -down and picked up a tiny little woodpecker that had fallen to the -ground. “Your mother must be very careless to let you fall.” “No,” said -the little chap, “Mother has gone for food for us and I played too near -the edge of the stump and fell off.” Just then the woodpecker’s mother -returned, and being alarmed that something was happening to her babies, -came flying toward Fluffy screaming, “What are you doing here?” “I am -not harming your children,” said Fluffy. “I was just putting your -little baby back in your nest. He had fallen to the ground and could -not get up himself. It was lucky for him that I saw him when I did, for -I almost stepped on him.” By this time Mrs. Woodpecker was over her -alarm and was very sorry she had spoken so crossly. “Please forgive -me,” she said, “I was so terribly frightened I hardly knew what I was -saying. I thank you a thousand times; should you ever need a friend, -let me know and I will do all I can to help you.” Fluffy did not wait -to talk longer; she knew it was getting nearer party time every minute, -so she hurried on. - -[Illustration: “Fluffy knew it was getting nearer party time every -minute.”] - - - - -CHAPTER FIVE - - -“Now,” thought Fluffy-tail, “I shall not stop again, no matter what -happens--I’ll just hustle along and not stop until I reach Squire -Squirrel’s house. Why, it must be time for the party now!” she thought, -as she looked at her tiny little wrist watch. While looking at her -watch she heard a fluttering and rustling in the leaves along the -roadside. “I’ll not stop,” she thought, “I’ll just pretend I don’t -hear anything.” She had only gone a few steps though when she had to -turn back to see what was wrong. She was such a tender-hearted little -creature, she could not go to a place where she knew she was to have -a good time and feel that she might by any chance have passed by some -suffering little person. - -“What is it?” she asked rather impatiently, as she glanced to where the -noise seemed to come from. “You needn’t be so cross about it!” said a -little Bat that was lying alongside the path. “Won’t you please pick me -up and hang me on that old tree? I guess I must have fallen asleep and -loosed my hold on the bark. No! No! Not that way!” he said, as Fluffy -was trying to place him on the branch. “Hang me upside down. That’s the -way I sleep.” - -“Very well,” said Fluffy, “There you are, upside down. Now I hope -everything is all right.” “Yes, thank you,” said Mr. Bat, “I can go -to sleep again now, and I’ll try to be more careful. Before you go, -though,” he went on, “I wish you would give me your name and address. -I’ll put it in my vest pocket and maybe some day I’ll be able to be of -some use to you for your kindness in helping me out today.” Fluffy told -him in as few words as possible, her name, where she lived, and where -she was going; then bidding him goodbye, she picked up her packages and -hurried along faster than ever. - - - - -CHAPTER SIX - - -“Oh dear!” she sighed, “I might almost as well go home now. It’s so -late. I’m sure the ice cream and cake and all the goodies will be eaten -before I get there. I do wish people would not be so careless and make -so much work for other people to do. I’m all tired out now and I do -hope that I’ve had my last delay.” With this thought she hurried along -just as fast as her little feet would go. So excited was poor Fluffy -now that she made a turn to the left instead to the right, and she had -gone quite a distance before she discovered that there was something -wrong. She did not know just what to do and became so dreadfully -frightened that she sat down and cried as though her little heart -would break. How long she had been sitting there she could not tell; -she went over the happenings since her dear mother kissed her goodbye, -and wondered if she would be able to find her way back home without -being caught by that awful Old Tabby Cat. - -“If ever I get out of this trouble,” thought she, “I’ll never again -stop any place to help anybody. If I had only gone straight to the -party and let other folks take care of themselves I would be safe now.” -With the thought that she was now the most unhappy creature in the -world, she burst into tears again. - -[Illustration: “‘Won’t you please give me those tears?’”] - -“Won’t you please give me those tears?” Fluffy heard a tiny voice ask. -“I am withering away and must die soon if somebody does not give a -me tiny drink.” Looking down, Fluffy saw a tiny little Bluebell all -wilted, and looking so sad. “The trees are so thick here,” it said, -“I cannot get the rain or dew, and the fairies are having a big party -today and have forgotten poor little me.” By this time Fluffy’s tears -were all dried up, seeing some one in distress made her forget her -own troubles. “I can’t give you my tears,” she said, “for they have -all dried now, but I can get you some water from the brook,” so again -putting down her dear little fan and hanky she skipped off to the brook -to get the water. She had nothing in which to carry it so she made a -cup of her tiny hands and was stepping from one stone to another when -her little foot slipped and splash into the water it went. “Oh, my dear -little shoe!” wailed Fluffy as she looked down and saw the pretty bow -all wet and muddy, “I can never go to the party now.” - -She tried her best to wipe off the mud and fluff up the bow and then -got more water which she took back to the little Bluebell who was -eagerly waiting for her to return. “There now, raise up your head and -be happy,” said Fluffy as she poured the water around its tiny roots. -“If you want more I shall get it for you, then I must try to find my -way home, as I have lost my way to Furrikins’ party.” By this time the -little Bluebell was refreshed after its hearty drink and told Fluffy -the way to reach Furrikins’ home. - - - - -CHAPTER SEVEN - - -Thanking the little flower, she again started out and was just making -the last turn when who should she see in her path but Old Tabby Cat. -Fluffy looked but for an instant. She knew she must move quickly to -escape, so she turned about, yelled for help as loudly as she could, -and ran just as fast as her little legs would carry her. She was tired -already after her long walk and could not make very good time. Old -Tabby was gaining on her rapidly when Mrs. Woodpecker, who had heard -Fluffy’s first cry for help, flew at once to the rescue. She jumped on -Mrs. Tabby’s head and began pecking for all she was worth. This was -such a surprise to Old Tabby that she fell head over heels into a hole -by the roadside and it was quite a few minutes before she recovered -herself enough to peep out to try to discover just what had attacked -her. As she did so a big stone dropped from some place down in the -hole beside her, pinning her tail fast. It was some time before little -Timmy Mouse (for it was he who had rolled the stone on Old Tabby’s -tail) dared to look over the edge of the pit to see how well his plans -worked. “So it was you?” said Tabby, glaring at Timmy. - -One look was enough for little Timmy and he scurried off home as fast -as he could go. - - - - -CHAPTER EIGHT - - -By this time it was quite late and poor little Fluffy was still running -thankful to have escaped Old Tabby, but fearful of some new danger at -every step. - -Suddenly a voice beside her said, “Don’t be frightened, follow close to -me for I can see quite well in the dark. You did me a good turn once in -the daylight and now I can help you in the dark.” With these words, Mr. -Bat (for it was the same one she had helped that afternoon when he had -fallen from the tree) took hold of her hand and led her to Furrykins’ -home where they were all waiting to greet her. After Mrs. Woodpecker -had jumped on Mrs. Tabby, she flew on to tell the little folks at the -party all about poor Fluffy’s experience, and to ask them to keep the -party waiting just a little longer. - - - - -CHAPTER NINE - - -[Illustration: “It was surely a grand party.”] - -It was surely a grand party. They had it on their beautiful lawn and -the moon had come out so brightly that the little folks played all -their games they had arranged for the daytime. There were nuts, apples, -candies, and all sorts of goodies to eat, nice games to play, and they -danced around in the moonlight till the Whip-poor-will called, which -was the curfew for all. - -As it was so late when Fluffy arrived at the party, Mrs. Furrykins sent -a message to her mother telling her that she would keep her all night -and send her home early next morning. So after the party was over and -all the little folk had gone to their homes in the woods, Mrs. Squire -Squirrel tucked Fluffy and Furrykins in her daughter’s little bed, -kissed each of them “goodnight,” heard them say their prayers, and went -quietly to her own room on the opposite side of the big oak tree. - - - - -CHAPTER TEN - - -Fluffy was too tired to dream of the many experiences she had had that -day and went to sleep quickly. Early next morning, as promised, Mrs. -Furrykins saw to it that Fluffy was taken safely home. Her mother was -anxiously waiting for her at the door and each was happy to feel the -other’s arms around her. - -Mother Squirrel kissed her little daughter after each adventure was -told to her, and wiping the tears from her eyes when Fluffy had -finished, she said, “After all, Fluffy dear, you see that one can -never lose anything by being kind to others. 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