1 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. Slicko is 2 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: still living with Bob and his sisters, and she is 3 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: learning new tricks. The second trick she learns is how 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: to hop through a paper circle. It takes a bit 5 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: of time for Slicko to realize that this is what 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: Bob wants her to do, but once she does, Bob 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 1: teaches her more and more tricks. Slicko has become so 8 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: tame that the door to her cage is left open 9 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: now and she can run throughout the house wherever she wants. 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: When winter passes and spring starts to arrive, something stirs 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: inside Slicko. What does it mean? Slicko? Chapter ten, Come on, 12 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: get the apple? Slicko called Bob. How can she when 13 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: you keep putting that paper hoop in front of her? 14 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: Asked Bob's sister Mollie. She'll go through it, said Sally. 15 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: That's just what I want her to do. Bob answered 16 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: with a laugh, it will be a fine trick. Slicko 17 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,839 Speaker 1: did not understand all of this talk, but she did 18 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: want that apple, and when she heard Bob say trick, 19 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: she began to understand that, after all, perhaps the hoop 20 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: was only put in front of her for fun. So 21 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: the next time she ran toward the piece of apple 22 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: on the table, and the boy moved the paper hoop 23 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: in front of her. Slicko gave a sudden little jump, 24 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: and right through the paper she went, breaking a hole 25 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: in it and landing close to the piece of apple. Hooray, 26 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: cried the boy. There she goes. Oh wasn't that cute, 27 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: exclaimed Mollie. Just too sweet for anything, spoke Sally. I 28 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: hope she didn't hurt herself. Hurt herself, of course, not, 29 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: cried Bob. How could she when the paper was so 30 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: soft and thin? And she has learned another trick, now, 31 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: haven't you, Slicko. Slickle was too busy eating the apple 32 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: to answer, even if she could have spoken boy language. 33 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: She sat up on her hind legs, with her tail 34 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: spread over her head, and holding the bit of apple 35 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: in her paws, which were like little hands. She nibbled 36 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: at the sweet pulp. Will she do it again? Asked Molly. 37 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: I guess, so, answered the boy. I'll try her once more. 38 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: This time I'll give her a nut. When Slicko had 39 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: finished eating the apple, Bob took her gently up in 40 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: his hands and set her down at one end of 41 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 1: the table. On the other end, he placed some pieces 42 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: of hickory nut meat with the shells off. Ah, thought Slicko. 43 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: They look good. I can eat them without stopping to 44 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: gnaw off the hard shell. The little jumping squirrel started 45 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: toward the pile of nutmeat, but before she could reach them, 46 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: Bob put in front of her another hoop covered with paper, 47 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: just as she had done at first. Slicko tried to 48 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: run to one side, but Bob kept the hoop in 49 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: front of her. Slicko had forgotten about jumping through, even 50 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: though she had done it only a little while before. 51 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: Most animals are that way when they first learn a 52 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: new trick. They forget very easily until they have done 53 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: it over and over again. It was this way with Slicko. 54 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: But as Bob kept the hoop in front of her 55 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: and she kept smelling the nice nuts at the other 56 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: end of the table, it came into Slicko's head that 57 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: she must jump through the paper of the hoop to 58 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,919 Speaker 1: get them, just as she had done to get the 59 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: piece of apple. Here I go, thought the little squirrel. 60 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: She gave another little jump, and right through the second 61 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: paper hoop she went, coming down on the table close 62 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: to the nutmeats, which she began to eat eat, and 63 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: they tasted very good. Indeed, Ah, she did the trick again, 64 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: cried Bob. What a cunning squirrel, exclaimed Mollie. She's just 65 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: too sweet for anything, said Sally. Slicko understood a little 66 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 1: of this talk, and she was glad she had pleased 67 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: the children. She was beginning to be very happy in 68 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: her new home, and she liked Bob and his sisters 69 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: very much. The boy had Slicko jump through the paper 70 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: hoops several more times that day, and then he put 71 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: her back in the big wire cage and let her rest. 72 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: Wild animals do not like to be doing tricks all 73 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: the time. They get tired, just the same as you 74 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: and I. The next day, Slicko did the hoop tricks again, 75 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: and soon she was so smart that she knew as 76 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: soon as she saw Bob with the paper covered things 77 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: that she was to do her jumping trick. She did 78 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: not have to have a piece of apple placed at 79 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: one end of the table to make her jump now, 80 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: But each time after she was through doing her little tricks, 81 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: she was given something good to eat. That is always 82 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: the way to train wild animals or pets. Be kind 83 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: to them when they have done what you want them 84 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: to do. Slicko lived in the house with the boy 85 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: for several weeks. The weather had gotten cooler now, and 86 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: winter would soon be here. Slicko could tell this, for 87 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: sometimes the windows of the room in which her cage 88 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: stood were left open, and she could feel the cold wind. 89 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: But her fur coat was growing warm and thick now, 90 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: and she would not have minded being outdoors, no matter 91 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: how cold it was, if she had plenty to eat. 92 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: But after all, Slickle was rather glad that she had 93 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: a good home for the coming winter. She remembered how, 94 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: when she had lived in the home nest, she had 95 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: heard her papa and mama talking in their chatter language 96 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: about how hard it was sometimes to find things to 97 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: eat when the white snow covered the ground. Squirrels always 98 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: store away nuts, but sometimes they cannot get enough, and 99 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: sometimes the winter is so long that they eat up 100 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: all they have in their nest before it is time 101 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: for spring to come and bring other food. But that 102 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: can't happen to me here, thought Slicko. No matter how 103 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: cold it is outside or how much snow there is, 104 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: I will be warm in this house, and Bob and 105 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: his sisters will give me enough to eat. After all, 106 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: Maybe it is a good thing Bob caught me and 107 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: brought me here. Bob taught his pet squirrel other tricks. 108 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: He taught Slicko to crawl right up to his pocket 109 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: and go to sleep there. He also taught her to 110 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: go into his pockets after lumps of sugar and other 111 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: good things to eat. When she had found them, she 112 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: would come out and sit on his shoulder to eat them. 113 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: This always made the children who saw it laugh, and 114 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: they thought Slicko was a very cute squirrel. Indeed, Bob's 115 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: sisters tried to teach Slicko tricks, but they wanted to 116 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: make a sort of doll of her. And though Slicko 117 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: was a girl square, she knew nothing of dolls. Oh 118 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't she look cute dressed up in one of my 119 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: doll's dresses, asked Mollie one day. Yes, indeed, let's try it, 120 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: exclaimed Sally. They took Slicko out of her cage, and 121 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: though they handled her very gently, the little squirrel did 122 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: not like being put inside a doll's dress. Oh isn't 123 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: she too cute? Cried Mollie. Yes, said Sally. Now let's 124 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: put her in the doll carriage and wheel her around. 125 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: But this was too much for Slicko. It was bad 126 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: enough to be dressed up like a doll, but when 127 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: it came to being put in a thing on wheels 128 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: and driven around the room, that was more than Slicko 129 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: could stand. She did not mind her wire wheel in 130 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: the cage. She did not like to be wheeled in 131 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: the carriage. Out she jumped, and with her paws she 132 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: pulled off the doll's dress that had been tied on her. Then, 133 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: chattering as loudly as she could, she ran to her 134 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: cage and hid in the little place where she slept. There. 135 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: Molly and Sally could not get her. Oh well, never mind, 136 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: let's play with our real dolls, said Mollie. Maybe Bob 137 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't like us to dress up his squirrel. All right, 138 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: agreed Salie, and Slicko was glad to be left alone. 139 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: She did not mind when Bob taught her tricks. If 140 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: I learn a number of them, thought Slicko, I will 141 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: be as smart as Squinty or Mapo or Tom Tom. 142 00:10:55,040 --> 00:11:01,559 Speaker 1: I wonder if I will ever see them again. Slicko 143 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: felt a little sad when she thought of her animal friends. 144 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: Then she began thinking of her father and mother, of 145 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: her sister and brothers, and her Aunt Whitey. I wonder 146 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: where Aunt Whitey could be, thought Slicko, I would like 147 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 1: to see her again. At these times, Slicko became a 148 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: little lonesome and homesick. But whenever she was beginning to 149 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: get too sad, Bob would come take her out of 150 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: the cage and either give her something good to eat 151 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,599 Speaker 1: or put her through some tricks. Then Slicko would be 152 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 1: happy once more. As the days went on, Slicko became 153 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: so tame that the door of her cage was never shut. 154 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: She could come and go as she pleased, and she 155 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: roamed all around the house. She would come to the 156 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: dinner table and sit up near Bob, who would feed 157 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: her from his plate, and then she would scramble into 158 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: his pocket to get a bit of sugar. The winter came, 159 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: with its cold and snow, Slicko stayed in the warm house. 160 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: Then the days began to get warmer. Spring was coming. 161 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: One day it was warm enough for the windows of 162 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: the room where Slicko's cage stood to be opened. The 163 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: little squirrel smelled the fresh air of spring. She seemed 164 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: to smell the cool green woods where the trees were 165 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: just beginning to put on their new green dresses of leaves. 166 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: Something seemed to be calling to Slickle. She heard the 167 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: hum of bees, the songs of birds, and the chatter 168 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:06,599 Speaker 1: of others, squirrels. A strange feeling came over Slickle. She 169 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: wanted to run away to the woods. She looked all 170 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: around the room, No one was there. The door of 171 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: her cage was open. Softly. On her pattering feet, Slicko 172 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: ran to the window. She climbed to the sill, looked 173 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: out into the garden and off to the woods. Then 174 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: Slicko jumped down into the soft green grass and ran away. 175 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: And that is the end of this chapter. Good Night, 176 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: Sleep tight. 177 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 2: The gording go time so, and it goes side, and 178 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 2: it goes aside, and it goes sick.