One summer Robert and his father and mother lived in a little
[Illustration: House] in the woods.
They saw a [Illustration: Squirrel] running about in the [Illustration:
Trees].
Robert put some [Illustration: Nuts] on the ground, and hid behind a
[Illustration: Tree]. Soon the [Illustration: Squirrel] came and carried
them away.
The next day he put the [Illustration: Nuts] nearer the [Illustration:
House]. The [Illustration: Squirrel] came again and carried them away.
So it went on for some time. Each day Robert put the [Illustration:
Nuts] nearer the [Illustration: House].
They named the [Illustration: Squirrel] Lady Gray.
One day Robert’s mother sat down on a [Illustration: Chair] in the
porch. She put some [Illustration: 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 [Illustration: Nut] and ran off as fast as she
could.
By-and-by Lady Gray became so gentle that she would hunt for
[Illustration: Nuts] in their pockets.
One morning father put a [Illustration: Nut] on his shoulder. Lady Gray
jumped on father’s shoulder and ate the [Illustration: Nut]. How they
all laughed!