an any home that she had ever
dreamed of. It had a sloping red roof and two little round doors. A
good sized porch jutted out in front and each little door was several
inches above the porch. Mother Squirrel very cautiously placed her two
front feet on the porch and listened intently but all was very quiet.
Of course the folks who owned the house might be still asleep or they
might be away. She crept quietly to the first little round door and
peeped in. She saw a cute little room entirely empty. "The family must
be away" she thought. Boldly she peeped in through the second little
door and saw another cute little room just like the first and also
empty. Then she walked in and explored both rooms and found a sort of
cubby hole closet at the back of each. "What a fine place for storing
nuts," said Mother Squirrel to herself, "but it would be much handier
with a door between the two rooms." Then she walked out on the porch
and looked around. The little house was shut in almost completely by
the thick green leaves except for a patch of blue sky that showed
above the roof. "I wonder who this little house belongs to" thought
Mother Squirrel to herself with an envious sigh. Just then she looked
up at the patch of blue sky and her bright eyes caught sight of a
small sign on the peak of the roof which she had not noticed before.
On the sign were printed the words "FOR RENT" in bright red letters.

When Mother Squirrel saw the sign "FOR RENT" she nearly fell backwards
off the porch in her joy and excitement. She began to chatter and
scream in a loud shrill voice which brought her husband scampering to
the spot at top speed. Father Squirrel was quite as excited and
delighted over the house as was his wife. "It was surely meant for us"
he said; "we'll move in at once. You'd better stay here, my dear, in
case anyone should come along while I go back to the old stump for the
children and our things. I had better get the moving done before many
people are out." Off he scampered and Mother Squirrel began at once to
plan her housekeeping arrangements and started to gnaw a door between
the two rooms with her sharp little teeth. As she was working busily
at her task a shadow fell across the door and she heard a strange
chirping voice say: "My love, I am sure this is just the place we've
been looking for." Her heart began to beat violently with alarm.
Peeping through the door she saw two large fat Newly-wed Robins
standing on the porch in a