Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin Beatrix Potter

Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with theother squirrels. 27 illustrations to color. This is a Tale about a tail-a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name wasNutkin. He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood atthe edge of a lake. In the middle of the lake there is an island covered with trees and nut bushes; and amongst those trees stands a hollow oak-tree, which is the house of an owl who is called Old BrownOne autumn when the nuts were ripe, and the leaves on the hazel bushes were golden and green-Nutkin and Twinkleberry and all the other little squirrels came out of the wood, and down to the edge of the lake. They made little rafts out of twigs, and they paddled away over the water to Owl Island to gather nuts. Each squirrel had a little sack and a large oar, and spread out his tail for a sail.