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 Squirrel hunting was a popular sport in West Caldwell when I was young. One day I loaded my ___23____ rifle, cocked 

the spring, and waited on the steps of the porch. A squirrel was at the top of the pear tree. I raisedthe rifle. The movement 

startled the squirrel and he jumped to the oak treeand froze __24__ I stepped off the porch. I sighted __25___ the side of the 

barrel, aimed for the squirrel’s head, and fired. Imissed the squirrel’s head and jut-shot him. Bravely, he clung to the tree as 

long as he could, then started to come down, clutching piteously at branches as he fell, _26__ mortally. I didn’t know it, yet the 

shot alerted my mother. She watched the furry creature’s descent until it fell to the ground and I shot it again, this time through 

the head at point-blank range, _27__ put it out of its suffering.