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with wild squirrels on a tree that grew near his path homeward.
Sometimes she took a nap in a large knot-hole, or, if the weather was very warm, made a cool bed of leaves across a crotch of the boughs, and slept there.
When Isaac passed under the tree, on his way from school, he used to call ‘Bun!
Bun! Bun!’
If she was there, she would come to him immediately, run up on his shoulder, and so ride home to get her supper.
It seemed as if animals were in some way aware of his kindly feelings, and disposed to return his confidence; for on several occasions they formed singular intimacies with him. When he was six or seven years old, he spied a crow's nest in a high tree, and according to his usual custom, he climbed up to make discoveries.
He found that it contained two eggs, and he watched the crow's movements until her young ones were hatched and ready to fly. Then he took them home.
One was accidentally killed a few days after, but he reared the other, and named it Cupid.
The bird became so very tame, that it would feed from his hand, perch on his shoulder, or his hat, and go everywhere with him. It frequently followed him for miles, when he went to mill or market.
He was never put into a cage, but flew in and out of the house, just as he pleased.
If Isaac called ‘Cu!
Cu!’
he would hear him even if he were up in the highest tree, would croak a friendly answer,
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