# Chatterer the Red Squirrel — Green Forest Stories character guide

> Chatterer the Red Squirrel in Green Forest Stories by Thornton W. Burgess.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chatterer, Red Squirrel

**First appearance:** 0117-viii-too-late-chatterer-is-sorry

## Snapshot

A gleeful red squirrel who turns a runaway cub's bad day into a masterclass in taunting, dodging, and pine-cone bombardment.

## Who they are

Chatterer the Red Squirrel spots Boxer sulking alone and seizes the chance to repay an old fright, dropping cones on the little Bear's tender nose and leading him on a breathless chase through the trees. Sharp, shrewd, and unapologetically mischievous, he measures fun by how thoroughly he can lose someone. His prank deepens Boxer's isolation and gives the runaway storyline its most memorable, maddening antagonist.

## Relationships

### [Boxer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/boxer)

_rivalry_

Boxer often chases and teases Chatterer, leading to playful but tense encounters.

### [Boxer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/boxer)

_rivalry_

Boxer often chases and teases Chatterer, leading to playful but tense encounters.

### [Boxer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/characters/boxer)

_rivalry_

Boxer often chases and teases Chatterer, leading to playful but tense encounters.

## In the story

### [Boxer and Woof-Woof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/iv-boxer-and-woof-woof)

One of the forest creatures who teases the cubs while they play outside.

### [Out in the Great World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/v-out-in-the-great-world)

Observes the bear family from the treetops, chuckling at the cubs' behavior but too cautious to approach while Mother Bear is present.

### [A Scare That Didn't Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/vii-a-scare-that-didn-t-work)

Angry and indignant that the bear cubs are climbing trees; attempts to scare them but fails.

### [Too Late Chatterer Is Sorry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/viii-too-late-chatterer-is-sorry)

Chatterer's plan to scare the twin bears fails, and he becomes the one who is scared and trapped.

### [The Twins Have to Go Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/ix-the-twins-have-to-go-home)

The mischievous red squirrel who taunts the cubs but becomes terrified when they chase him up the tree.

### [Alone and Lost in the Great World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/green_forest_stories_se/chapters/xxvi-alone-and-lost-in-the-great-world)

Chatterer races away through the treetops, leaving Boxer alone and inadvertently causing Boxer to become lost.

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