next came a hazelnut, then a butternut, and last of all a fat kernel of yellow corn. he knew now that some friend was hidden in the branches above, so he tucked the corn in one of his cheek-pockets, and scampered up the maple trunk to find out who it was. he saw a whisking reddish-brown tail, and knew that some other red squirrel was there. but whoever it was did not mean to be caught, and such a chase as he had!