Squirreless

But the most famous lecture of all was announced to be ‘for ladies only,’ and its subject was ‘The Wrongs of Squirrelesses.’

In the month of May I was plump, and my coat was glossy; so it was no wonder that I attracted to me the prettiest of squirrelesses; in short, we became man and wife. […] We don’t have chestnuts at our house; chestnuts half as large as my head, and as brown and glossy as my squirreless’s coat. I thought, what if they should drop one—two! if I could but carry them back home with me! Oh! Squirreless mine, that would be a prize!

During his three years’ stay in his present abode he has never held any intercourse with other squirrels, which are numerous hereabout; nor in the sportive springtime has he ever manifested the slightest disposition to gambol with the young squirrelesses in love-play.

What had brought this to mind, was the pregnancy of Geraldine Fitypatrick Nutter, grey squirreless of this parish. […] Ransid was a typical, cheerful teenage squirrel, into typical, teenage, cheerful squirrelesses, acorn balls and folk songs.

The quartermaster, an old Great squirreless, stood at the west edge of the field, shaded by a canvas awning upheld by bracketed poles. […] He would simply pair with the Great beaver or squirreless on his side, then confront Borg from a sunless angle.