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Begin by sketching the definite shapes—the small mouse-shaped head, the long curved back, the small but strong hind-legs with which he shins up the trees like a flash of
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lightning; his eye—the dark, bright piercing eye, set diamond-shaped in his head; the small pointed nose; the rounded curves of whiskers; the shapely ever-moving ears. Note also the dainty feet and paws, the delicate strength of the claws and talons.
The squirrel, together with the mouse and rabbit, form
