"O," said Rollo, "we would put him in a little cage. It would be so
complete to have him in a cage! Do, Jonas, do."

"But you have not got any cage."

"We can get one," said James. "We can buy one with our half dollars."

"Well," said Jonas, "it will do no good to set the trap now, for he will
be away before we could get back. But I will come down to-night, and set
the trap, and perhaps we shall catch him, though I do not exactly like
to do it."

"Why?" said the boys.

"O," replied Jonas, "he will not like to be shut up all night, in a
dark box, and then be imprisoned in a cage. He had rather run about
here, and gather raspberries. Besides, you would soon get tired of him
if you had him in a cage."

"O no," said Rollo, "I should not get tired of him."

"Did you ever have any plaything that you were not tired of before
long?"

"Why,--no," said Rollo; "but then a real live squirrel is a different
thing. Besides, you know, if I get tired of him, I need not play with
him then."

"No, but a real live thing must be fed every day, and _that_ you would
find a great trouble. And then you would sometimes forget it, and the