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The Tale of Frisky Squirrel by Arthur Scott Bailey
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the rock was really walking right away with him he forgot all about
eating the chestnut. He let it fall out of his paws and roll away; for
he had never seen a rock move like that before.

It was very exciting, though Frisky had never traveled so slowly
before. You see, whenever he went anywhere he always hurried as if he
had the most important business to attend to. But it was quite
different with that rock. It crawled along just as if it didn't care
whether it ever got anywhere or not.

For a long time Frisky clung there. Now and then he almost slipped off
as the rock tilted. But it never tipped quite over; and Frisky managed
to stick on. And then, at last, he decided that he had better hop off
onto the ground, for he noticed that the rock was moving straight
toward the river. It went down the bank at a faster pace. And Frisky
leaped off just in time to escape a wetting, for the next moment the
rock dropped splash! into the water.

Frisky Squirrel waited on the shore and watched it, with eyes wide
open with astonishment. He had expected to see it sink to the bottom
of the river. But the rock swam away as easily as you please. That was
the strangest part of it all--a rock which could not only walk, but
could swim as well!

Frisky turned about and ran for home as fast as he could jump. This
time he certainly did have important business. He had such a strange
thing to tell his mother! He reached home quite out of breath. And as
soon as he could, he told Mrs. Squirrel what he had seen.

That good lady did not know what to think. She had always found her
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